Edward W. Morley House

Infobox_nrhp | name = Edward W. Morley House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= 26 Westland Avenue, West Hartford, Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 45
lat_seconds = 21
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72
long_minutes = 45
long_seconds = 36
long_direction = W
locmapin = Connecticut
area =
built = 1906
architect = Unknown
architecture = Vernacular
designated = May 15, 1975cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1582&ResourceType=Building
title=Edward W. Morley House |accessdate=2007-10-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = May 15, 1975cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum = 75002057

Edward W. Morley House in West Hartford, Connecticut was the home of the scientist Edward W. Morley from 1906 to 1923. Morley is famous for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the Michelson-Morley experiment and for his work on the atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen.

The house, located at 26 Westland Avenue in West Hartford, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/75002057.pdf "Edward W. Morley House", March 1975, by James Sheire] |199 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1975-03|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/75002057.pdf Edward W. Morley House--Accompanying 1 photo, exterior, from 1975.] |814 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1975-03|publisher=National Park Service]

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