Students and faculty at New Haven’s High School in the Community will soon have a front row seat to a significant archaeological excavation project conducted by the Southern Connecticut State University Archaeology Department in association with Lost in New Haven, a museum.
Uncovering the Past
The joint mission of the organizations will be to recover subterranean artifacts at the home-site of two famous Americans: Benedict Arnold and Noah Webster, who occupied the same, Benedict Arnold-built, Georgian-style colonial home that once stood on the Water Street grounds of HSC and an abutting lot, now owned by Lost in New Haven.
A more detailed glimpse into the pre-industrial-era lives and home environs of Revolutionary War General Benedict Arnold, and Noah Webster, an American lexicographer and author who published his first American Dictionary of the English language in 1806, may now be possible.
Local history sleuth and Lost in New Haven founder Robert S. Greenberg has been working to uncover the history of the site for over 15 years, using early postcard images, colonial era maps, and other resources to determine the location of the Arnold/Webster homestead.
With the help of archaeologists and graduate students from Southern Connecticut State University, the excavation is expected to yield new insights into the lives of these two important historical figures.
Original reporting: New Haven Independent — read the source article.
