Wender·Vista
Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
in the Merrimack valley, north of Concord

Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury

— — the small room a country gives a senator.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A two-room frame house off Route 127, the birthplace of Daniel Webster in January 1782. The land was Salisbury then; today it sits within the city of Franklin, run as a state historic site. The orchard and the kitchen garden are kept the way a colonial farm kept them. The house is open in summer, on the kind of afternoon that takes its time.

from the studio
Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury
— bring it home

Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The site preserves the small frame house where Daniel Webster was born on January 18, 1782, the son of Ebenezer and Abigail Webster on a hill farm in what was then the town of Salisbury, New Hampshire. The land sits today within the city of Franklin, off Route 127, about 25 miles north of Concord. The original one-and-a-half-story building has two rooms downstairs and a sleeping loft above. The State of New Hampshire acquired the property in 1948 and operates it through the Division of Parks and Recreation.

— informed by NH State Parks, Wikipedia
— the year

Webster grew from this farmhouse into a senator from both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Secretary of State under three presidents, and the orator of the 1830 reply to Hayne. He died at Marshfield in 1852. The birthplace marks the New Hampshire chapter of that life: the schoolhouse years before Exeter and Dartmouth, and the boyhood walks along the brook below the farm. The Daniel Webster Birthplace Association maintains period furnishings and a small interpretive panel near the parking area.

— the visit

The site is open seasonally, generally late May through Labor Day, Friday through Sunday afternoons. A small fee covers the guided tour of the house and the kitchen garden walk. Parking is free on the gravel lot off Route 127. The visit takes about forty-five minutes. Bring a hat; there is little shade on the lawn. Combine the stop with the nearby Franklin Falls Dam recreation area or with a drive up Route 4 toward Andover and Wilmot.

— informed by NH State Parks — visit
— where
United States · Franklin (historic Salisbury), New Hampshire
— within
Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site
— position
43.4564° N · 71.7314° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
6 km S
Franklin Falls Dam
Army Corps flood-control reservoir
7 km SE
Webster Lake
lake named for Daniel Webster
12 km W
Andover
Route 4 village
40 km S
Concord
state capital
N
Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury
Franklin Falls Dam
Webster Lake
Andover
Concord
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Daniel Webster Birthplace Salisbury — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

January 18, 1782, in what was then the town of Salisbury. The site is now within the city of Franklin, New Hampshire, off Route 127 north of Concord.

No. The original house is a small two-room frame farmhouse with a sleeping loft, not a log cabin. It has been preserved by the State of New Hampshire since 1948.

The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation runs it, with support from the Daniel Webster Birthplace Association, which maintains period furnishings, the kitchen garden, and the interpretive panels.

Generally late May through Labor Day weekend, Friday through Sunday afternoons. Hours vary by year; the New Hampshire State Parks site lists the current season's schedule.

He served as a US senator from both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Secretary of State under three presidents, and is remembered for the 1830 reply to Hayne defending the Union.

Off Route 127 in Franklin, New Hampshire, about 25 miles north of Concord. The site is signed from Route 127, and parking is on a small free gravel lot at the lane.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for customers with ties to central New Hampshire. Webster is a Dartmouth man and a Granite State son. A Small with a handwritten note carries well.

The piece reads at home in New England Traditional, Federal, and Library-study rooms. Warm umbers and quiet blues sit against oak shelves, painted panelling, or a parchment-coloured wall.

Yes. The Voynich palette anchors a reading wall the way a small portrait once did, paired with leather-bound spines, brass lamps, and a hand-knotted runner under the desk.

A single Large holds a console. Above a sofa, a four-tile Mural reads at scale; a nine-tile Mural anchors a long wall in a study or stair landing.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes resist humidity and scratching and clean with a soft cloth and plain water.

A microfibre cloth and water. No household sprays. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish and will not lift or fade.

Yes. Reid Wender curates the WenderVista atlas from a single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The work is not licensed from other artists and is hand-finished in-house.

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