McGuffey, William H., House
Historic house in Ohio, United States in Oxford, Ohio. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The William H. McGuffey House is a historic house museum at 401 East Spring Street, on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Built in 1833, it was the home of author and professor William Holmes McGuffey (1800–1873) from then until 1836. It is believed to be the site where he wrote the first four of the McGuffey Readers, widely popular instructional texts used to educate generations of Americans. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. It is now operated by Miami University as the William Holmes McGuffey Museum.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 401 E. Spring St., Oxford, OH |
| County | Butler County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000605 |
| Type of place | historic house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 401 E. Spring St., Oxford, OH |
| Coordinates | 39.50706, -84.73597 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 29 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Quakertown Campground 11 mi · Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 14 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 15 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000605. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.