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William A. Buckingham House

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Built
  
1847

Opened
  
1847

Architectural style
  
Italianate architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
82004379

Area
  
800 m²

Added to NRHP
  
29 April 1982

William A. Buckingham House

Location
  
307 Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut

Similar
  
Yantic River, Senator Thomas J Dodd Me, Slater Memorial Museum

The William A. Buckingham House, also known as Buckingham Memorial Hall, is a historic house a fraternal hall at 307 Main Street in Norwich, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure, with a main block three bays wide, topped by a hip roof with a steep gable above the main entrance. It was built in 1847 by William A. Buckingham, whose later political career included terms as mayor of Norwich and Governor of Connecticut (the latter during the American Civil War). Buckingham is known to have had both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant as guests. The house was purchased in 1898 by the local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans organization. It has since been converted into a senior center.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 29, 1982.

References

William A. Buckingham House Wikipedia