Southeast Parlor, Webb House
18th-century horsemanship with sword and pistol at the annual Revolutionary War Encampment at WDS.
Three rare, historic privies are fully restored and once again sitting pretty on the grounds of WDS. They will be featured in tours beginning in spring, 2015.
Rallying the troops at the annual Revolutionary War Encampment at WDS
Northeast Parlor at the Webb House showing murals of historic houses installed by Wallace Nutting in 1916
“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” Creating a spark at WDS…
Silas Deane House - Southeast Parlor
Red coats advancing on members of the 5th Connecticut Regiment during Revolutionary War Encampment at WDS.
Isaac Stevens House - Northeast Parlor
Buttolph Williams House - "Great Hall" or Parlor
It’s a joy to see kids fully engaged in hands-on learning when schools send their students to WDS
Joseph Webb House
The 1752 Joseph Webb House is where George Washington and French General Rochambeau met in May 1781 to plan the campaign which led several months later to the final battle of the Revolutionary War and the defeat of the British in Yorktown, Virginia. The Webb House was later owned by photographer and antiquarian Wallace Nutting. Read more.
Silas Deane House
The Silas Deane House, circa 1770, was built for America’s Revolutionary War diplomat to France as both his residence and as a power base for his political aspirations. The Deane House features an excellent collection of mid-to-late 18th century furniture made in Connecticut. The kitchen and second floor chamber in the rear interpret the life of slaves in this period. Read more.
Isaac Stevens House
The Isaac Stevens House depicts the life of a middle class family in the 1820s and 30s, with many original family possessions and a fascinating period toy exhibit. The interiors have recently been reinterpreted with the installation of reproduction block-printed wallpapers, which had become affordable and were very popular in middle class households at the time. Read more.
Buttolph-Williams House
Within easy walking distance is the Buttolph-Williams House. Owned by Connecticut Landmarks and managed by the Museum, it captures the spirit of Puritan life in New England in the 17th century and is the setting for the Newberry Award-Winning novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1958) by Elizabeth George Speare. Read more.
News & Events
Outrageous and Courageous: CT Women and the Fight for Suffrage
Tracey Wilson to lecture at Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., in honor of Women’s History Month. Wethersfield, Conn. (February 18, 2015)— In 1918, Edna Purtell of West Hartford was arrested four times–in one day– in Washington D.C. , while demonstrating for woman's right to vote. That, and for climbing Lafayette’s statue crying “Lafayette, we are here!” Purportedly, a prison guard broke two of Purtell’s … [Read More...]
Save the Date – May 23, for 18th-Century ‘Horsemanship with Arms’ and British Attack at Revolutionary War Encampment at Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum
Wethersfield, Conn. (January 8, 2015) – Thundering across a field at a full canter toward his “adversary,” an 18th-century soldier raises his sword and slashes through… a melon! Horseman David Loda will reenact this and other mock battle scenes as Lieutenant Colonel David Humphreys, aide-de-camp to General George Washington, during the seventh annual Revolutionary War Encampment at the Webb-Deane-Stevens (WDS) Museum. The event will take place … [Read More...]
Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Privies but Were too Polite to Ask:
Connecticut Historic Restoration Fund Grant Allows for Restoration of Historic Outhouses at Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Wethersfield, Conn. (January 7, 2015)— Thanks to a $56,575 matching grant from the Connecticut Historic Restoration Fund, three rare, historic privies—known to some as outhouses—have been fully restored and are once again sitting pretty on the grounds of the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (WDS). As renovations commenced this fall, … [Read More...]
