Connecticut
West Hartford landmark unveils major renovations, celebrates historic Connecticut figure
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A ribbon-cutting was held on Thursday morning at the Noah Webster House and Museum in West Hartford to celebrate a new makeover.
The exterior of the 278-year-old house has been renovated and a new roof was installed.
Noah Webster was the author of America’s first dictionary, a teacher, lawyer and political writer. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and an early abolitionist.
Webster was born in a room on the first floor of the house, 267 years ago on the day of the ribbon-cutting.
“Sometimes I think we need Noah Webster in this country more than ever, because we sometimes don’t seem to have a common base of facts that we work from or a common understanding of what the words mean,” Gov. Ned Lamont said at the event.
The renovations were made possible by a combination of funding from the State Department of Economic and Community Development and the town of West Hartford.