Gideon Welles House

The Gideon Welles House is a historic house at 17 Hebron Avenue in . Built in 1783, it was home to generations of the locally prominent Welles family, whose most famous member was Gideon Welles, the United States Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: house in Glastonbury, Connecticut
  • Address: 17 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT 06033

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Welles-Turner Memorial Library and Selden Brewer House.

Library
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is situated 420 feet west of Gideon Welles House.

Museum
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The is a historic house at Naubuc Avenue and Main Street in . Built about 1827, it is a good local example of late Federal/early Greek Revival architecture. is situated 2 miles northwest of Gideon Welles House.

Bridge
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The Putnam Bridge is a bridge in the state of carrying the Route 3 freeway over the , connecting Interstate 91 in and Route 2 in . is situated 1½ miles west of Gideon Welles House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glastonbury and Glastonbury Historic District.

Town
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is a town in the , , United States, officially founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636. It was named after in , .

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a streetscape dating to the 17th century, along Main Street from Hebron Avenue to Talcott Road in .

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a predominantly residential area along Naubuc Avenue and Pratt Streets in northwestern .

Gideon Welles House

Latitude
41.71272° or 41° 42′ 46″ north
Longitude
-72.60817° or 72° 36′ 29″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Levels
2
Height
33 feet (10 metres)
Operator
Glastonbury
Open location code
87H9P97R+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 942054378
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q46222017
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Center Green and Glazed Pottery Painting and Art Studio.

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