Tapping Reeve House and Law School

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The Tapping Reeve House and Law School is a historic site in Litchfield, Connecticut, recognized as the first formal law school in the United States and an important center for early American legal education.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house
historic law school
museum
architecturalStyle Colonial architecture
category historic sites in Connecticut
legal education in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era early 19th century
late 18th century
fieldOfStudy law
foundedBy Tapping Reeve
hasExhibition exhibits on Tapping Reeve
exhibits on early American legal education
exhibits on notable students and alumni
hasPart Tapping Reeve House
Tapping Reeve House and Law School self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tapping Reeve Law School building
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inception 1770s
lawSchoolFounded 1784
locatedIn Connecticut
Litchfield County, Connecticut
Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
surface form: Litchfield, Connecticut
locationCity Litchfield center
surface form: Litchfield
locationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locationState Connecticut
namedAfter Tapping Reeve
notableStudent Aaron Burr
Horace Mann
John C. Calhoun
openToPublic yes
operatedBy Litchfield Historical Society
partOf Litchfield Historic District
preservationStatus preserved historic site
significance first formal law school in the United States
important center for early American legal education
tourism heritage tourism destination in Connecticut
use educational museum
historic house museum

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Subject: Tapping Reeve House and Law School
Description of subject: The Tapping Reeve House and Law School is a historic site in Litchfield, Connecticut, recognized as the first formal law school in the United States and an important center for early American legal education.

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Litchfield Historic District contains Tapping Reeve House and Law School
Litchfield Law School alsoKnownAs Tapping Reeve House and Law School
this entity surface form: Tapping Reeve’s Litchfield Law School
Tapping Reeve House and Law School hasPart Tapping Reeve House and Law School self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tapping Reeve Law School building
Sally Burr Reeve notableAssociation Tapping Reeve House and Law School
this entity surface form: Tapping Reeve’s Litchfield Law School