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The Leffingwell House Museum in Norwich Connecticut is one of the finest restored examples of New England. Admission- $8, 5 and under free.
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Owned by the Society of the Founders of Norwich CT, whose mission is to educate the public about Norwich history through the archived collection. The Leffingwell House Historic Museum, built in 1675 by Stephen Backus for his family, and sold to Lt. Thomas Leffingwell in 1700, shows the architectural development from a two room home to a 17th-century pre-Revolutionary tavern ending as a mid-18th-c

entury townhouse. Interpreters evoke the independent spirit and lifestyle of early America with displays of artifacts dating prior to the founding of Norwich in 1659, through the 1776 Revolution and the Civil War. Museum open for tours on Saturday & Sunday from 11am-pm and by appointment-please email one week in ahead to [email protected]

09/06/2026

Working Norwich photos remastered by a friend JC! Thank you and please enjoy the new look.

09/05/2026

Labor Day Weekend has started! It is celebrated on the first Monday of September, and honors & recognizes the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. The Leffingwell House Museum and the Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop display the works of the many craftsmen and laborers who worked in Norwich from its colonial days to early businesses and the factories which contributed to its growth.
Enjoy your weekend!

09/04/2026

You are invited to Leffingwell on September 19 to witness the Return of Benedict Arnold and hear both sides of his story.

09/02/2026

David Lillibridge of Exeter RI had a brother Daniel. In 1840, Daniel and his wife Hannah moved to the farm up on Scotland Road in Norwich CT, which he inherited from his grandfather, Lillibridge Barber. The family has continued to live there up to the present day. From the 1850's, Hannah wove cloth on her barn loom in the attic of the family home. Examples of her work can be seen at the Leffingwell House Museum as part of the Leffingwell House Cloth room display. Thank you Lydia Lillibridge Blacker for making this slice of Norwich history possible.

08/31/2026

To illustrate the construction of a copybook we have another from our collection to use as an example. Robert Rose Beck constructed this mathematics copybook in Norwich CT, 1827. The cover was contructed with paper that was not always new but used. The pages of a copy book started with a copybook heading: a printed example of what should be copied, such as a single letter or a short proverb. The rest of the page was empty, except for horizontal rulings. The student copied the example onto the page and left blank space to complete the lesson. This copybook is part of the Leffingwell collection.

08/29/2026

Labor Day weekend is on the horizon so Students and teachers are returning to the halls of learning. In older days, students did not have computers or text books, they learned their lessons using a copybook that they constructed themselves and used to do their lessons in specific subjects. Thanks to Lydia Blacker, we have the copybook of a young David Lillibridge of Exeter, RI in 1831, who was learning mathematics. The teacher would write the lesson on the blackboard to be copied and then completed in the copybook of the student. The student would also practice penmanship and draw designs in the margins and between sections of his lessons.

08/28/2026

Come this Friday August 28 for the last Friday night Acoustics, at 6pm with your chair or blanket to the Norwichtown Green for 'Rockin' the Green' featuring J.C.Revival. The Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop will be open for your visiting pleasure!

08/27/2026

The upcoming fall activities at our museums, we hope to see you at Leffingwell and the Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop .

Address

348 Washington Street
Norwich, CT
06360

Opening Hours

11am - 3pm

Telephone

+18608899440

Website

https://www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org/

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