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In 1935, Glastonbury
had no historical society, and the Gideon Welles House stood empty and in
the way of a post office that was to be built in Glastonbury Center, at the intersection of Hebron Avenue
and Main Street. The house was to be torn down. But Dr. Lee J. Whittles and others in Glastonbury,
recognizing the house’s historic significance, formed a committee
to save it from destruction.
In 1936, they succeeded by
encouraging Ernest Victor Llewellyn to purchase the house and have it
moved to a nearby lot on New London Turnpike. The committee that formed to save the
house became the Historical Society.
Working with Mr. Llewellyn, they had the house declared a national
historic building.
From that beginning, the
Historical Society of Glastonbury has continued to preserve the Town’s
past, and to display it in an educational, entertaining fashion. Please visit us at the Museum on the
Green, corner of Main and Hubbard Street,
or at the Welles-Shipman-Ward House, 972 Main Street, South Glastonbury.
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