War Office (Lebanon, Connecticut)

War Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	W. Town St., Lebanon, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°38′13″N 72°12′55″W / 41.63694°N 72.21528°WCoordinates: 41°38′13″N 72°12′55″W / 41.63694°N 72.21528°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1732
Part of	Lebanon Green Historic District (#79002666)
NRHP Reference #	70000695[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 6, 1970
Designated CP	June 4, 1979

The War Office, also once known as the Capt. Joseph Trumble Store and Office, is a historic commercial building on the Lebanon Green in Lebanon, Connecticut. It is located near the Governor Jonathan Trumbull House, a National Historic Landmark. It is a 1-1/2 story gambrel-roofed wood frame structure, built c. 1732 by Captain Joseph Trumbull as a place from which to conduct his merchant business. The building is most significant for its use during the American Revolutionary War. It served as the war office of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, with more than 1,000 councils of war taking place there. Visitors to the office included George Washington, Rochambeau, Lauzun, Lafayette, Admiral de Ternay, Generals Henry Knox, John Sullivan, and Israel Putnam, also Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay.^[2] The Lebanon Green was also where cavalry of the French Army wintered in 1780-81, before joining the rest of their army for the march to Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.^[3] The War Office was, like the Trumbull House, moved a short distance in 1824.^[2] It is now part of the museum property managed by the Connecticut chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution that also includes the Trumbull House and the Wadsworth Stables.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

See also

• March Route of Rochambeau's army
• List of historic sites preserved along Rochambeau's route
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Herbert C. Darbee (August 25, 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: War Office / Joseph Trumble Office and Store" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos, from 1970
3. Bruce Clouette and Mary Harper (October 22, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Rochambeau's Army in Connecticut, 1780-1782 MPS" (PDF). National Park Service.