National Historic Landmark · historic house · Oxford, Ohio

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.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1966
William McGuffey House, eastern sideWilliam McGuffey House, front and eastern sideWilliam McGuffey House, front and western sideWilliam McGuffey House, side porch
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What it is

Wikipedia · William H. McGuffey House

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

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address401 E. Spring St., Oxford, OH
CountyButler County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000605
Type of placehistoric house
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address401 E. Spring St., Oxford, OH
Coordinates39.50706, -84.73597 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitWilliam Howard Taft National Historic Site · 29 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyQuakertown Campground 11 mi · Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 14 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 15 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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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.