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Selden Brewer House, East Hartford
Image Not Available for Selden Brewer House, East Hartford

Selden Brewer House, East Hartford

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1980-1984
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 18 x 24in. (45.7 x 61cm)
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of a house with two chimneys, a porch, and a cupola. Large trees grow beside it.
Object number2012.284.6165
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]NotesDate Note: A postcard based on this drawing was probably produced in 1980 or 1984. Shortly after George A. Dagon became mayor of East Hartford in 1980, he was instrumental in preserving the Selden Brewer House. A second campaign to fund the restoration of the house took place in 1984.

Subject Note: The Selden Brewer house in East Hartford was built in 1827. At one time it was the home of Agnes Brewer, secretary to Mark Twain. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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