Gideon Welles House
The Gideon Welles House is a historic house at 17 Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, Connecticut. 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.
- Historic building
- …lies at an elevation of 49 feet (15 metres)
- …is operated by Glastonbury
- …stands 33 feet (10 metres) tall
- …has 2 floors
- Description: house in Glastonbury, Connecticut
- Address: 17 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT 06033
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Latitude
41.71272° or 41° 42′ 46″ north
Longitude
-72.60817° or 72° 36′ 29″ west
Open location code
87H9P97R+3P
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