{"id":2,"date":"2012-08-31T11:23:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-03-16T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:44:40","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Our Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-1\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Leffingwell House Museum<\/span> (Circa 1675), is a fine example of New England Colonial architecture showing the architectural development common to CT.&nbsp; In 1675 it started as a two room home, then in 1701 evolved into a pre-Revolutionary Tavern and by 1776 became the elegant townhouse of Norwich Patriot Christopher Leffingwell. Interpreters use displays of artifacts, dating from the founding of Norwich in 1659 through the Civil War, to evoke the lifestyle of early America. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993300;\">The Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop<\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> was built in 1772, when the Norwichtown Green was the social and commercial center of the town. Appreciate the original walls and the forge of the silversmith as well as displays of the businesses and craftsmen of Norwichtown<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Museum Hours: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Open April through October<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Leffingwell is open Saturday: 11am-3pm&nbsp; ($8\/pp)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>The Silversmith Shop is open Saturday: 11am-3pm. ($5\/pp) <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b><strong>Tours by appointment available, contact us at info@leffingwellhousemuseum.org<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Stay connected with us on Facebook<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leffingwellhousemuseum\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px 5px 0 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/facekook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"34\"><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14px;\">Enjoy our Leffingwell House Museum Pictures <\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"> <div id=\"metaslider-id-1958\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-90-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1958 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Home Slideshow\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1958\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1958\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1964 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leffingwell-House-Norwich-CT-Red-Cedar-Side-After-LowRes-446x270.jpeg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1964\" title=\"default\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Leffingwell House Museum<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1969 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/colgarden-2zhjpwqd2hjtmc7yowujuy-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1969\" title=\"Colonial garden\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Colonial Garden<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1971 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1971\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/colkit-2zhjs71684o5y44zzay13e-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1971\" title=\"colkit-2zhjs71684o5y44zzay13e-446x270\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Colonial Kitchen<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1973 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/President-2yloapb4jbvzod2fbrhs7e-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1973\" title=\"President-2yloapb4jbvzod2fbrhs7e-446x270\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">A Tour at the Leffingwell<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1975 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leff-walkway-2018-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1975\" title=\"Brick walkway\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Brick walkway<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1977 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P6040340-1-35ko03wiocysdid357gyyy-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1977\" title=\"P6040340-1-35ko03wiocysdid357gyyy-446x270\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Flag on chair<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1979 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PC190053-35knzt815hns5dwzekr8ju-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1979\" title=\"PC190053-35knzt815hns5dwzekr8ju\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Tavern table<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1981 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/flag1-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1981\" title=\"flag1\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Centennial Flag<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1984 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cloth-room-38nva77zwv1ssn0ulavm6i-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1984\" title=\"Cloth-room-38nva77zwv1ssn0ulavm6i-446x270\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Colonial Cloth Room<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1986 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/be-revol-D-2017-35knzl6jarjqaa56r4x9u2-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1986\" title=\"Be revolutionary event\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Be Revolutionary<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1988 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PB030187-35knzkfe90cllznyfxtc7e-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1988\" title=\"PB030187-35knzkfe90cllznyfxtc7e-446x270\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Hannah Tracy Huntington's Sample<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1990 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4-pwdr-horns-soldiers-35knzgwqotfbsmrjnomz9m-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1990\" title=\"4-pwdr-horns-soldiers-35knzgwqotfbsmrjnomz9m-446x270\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Powder Horns and Pewter Soldiers<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1994 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/carpenter-chamber-38bihfp40hqxq513syacju-446x270-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-1994\" title=\"Museum room\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Chamber<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2102 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/JC-silversmith-shop1-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-2102\" title=\"Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop Museum\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Leffingwell House Museum<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2104 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/P4140197-scaled-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-2104\" title=\"Colonial Garden with summer event\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Our Colonial Gardens<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2110 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jw2-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-2110\" title=\"Colonial chocolate making\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2112 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1481-scaled-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-2112\" title=\"DSCN1481\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2114 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2114\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/224149204_10158740222022362_4208048939494139008_n-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-2114\" title=\"224149204_10158740222022362_4208048939494139008_n\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2118 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2118\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/garden-west-june-446x270.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"446\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1958 slide-2118\" title=\"Colonial gardens\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leffingwell House Museum (Circa 1675), is a fine example of New England Colonial architecture showing the architectural development common to CT.&nbsp; In 1675 it started as a two room [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leffingwellhousemuseum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}