Prudence Crandall Museum

Prudence Crandall House
Prudence Crandall Museum is located in Connecticut
Prudence Crandall Museum
Prudence Crandall Museum is located in the United States
Prudence Crandall Museum
Location1 S. Canterbury Rd.,
Canterbury, Connecticut
Coordinates41°41′52.5″N 71°58′19″W / 41.697917°N 71.97194°W / 41.697917; -71.97194
Built1805
Architectural styleEarly Republic
Part ofCanterbury Center Historic District (ID97001446)
NRHP reference No.70000696
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1970[1]
Designated NHLJuly 17, 1991[2]
Designated CPApril 10, 1998
Prudence Crandall, portrait by Francis Alexander, 1834. In the Museum is a full-size, painted copy of this portrait, the original of which is in the Cornell University Library.

The Prudence Crandall Museum is a historic house museum, sometimes called the Elisha Payne House for its previous owner. It is located on the southwest corner of the junction of Connecticut Routes 14 and 169, on the Canterbury, Connecticut village green. It is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark as Prudence Crandall House.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Prudence Crandall House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.

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