Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury

Name: Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Address: 2407 Main St, Glastonbury, 06033-4616, United States
Telephone: +1 860-652-7720

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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. Now re-adapted to commercial uses, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. ()

Built: 1783 (241 years ago)Coordinates: 41°42'46"N, 72°36'33"W

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2407 Main StGlastonbury 06033-4616 United States

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Welles-Turner Memorial Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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