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Western Massachusetts

Berkshire County

* Lenox ** The Mount ( Lenox) – author Edith Wharton's estate; 1902 ** Ventfort Hall ( Lenox) – Jacobean style mansion, built 1893 – George & Sarah Morgan (sister of J.P. Morgan) **

Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio The Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio is a historic house museum and former art studio in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The house and studio were home to American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen. The stu ...

– home of

American Abstract Artists American Abstract Artists (AAA) was formed in 1936 in New York City, to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art. American Abstract Artists exhibitions, publications, and lectures helped to establish the organization as a major fo ...

George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen; 1930–1941 * Pittsfield **

Arrowhead An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, as well as to fulfill some special purposes such as sign ...

( Pittsfield) – home of author

Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a rom ...

; built 1780 * Stockbridge **

Chesterwood Chesterwood is a hamlet in Northumberland, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north-west of Haydon Bridge on the South Tyne, west of Hexham. It includes a number of "Bastle Houses" from the 17th Century, originally built to prot ...

( Stockbridge) – sculptor Daniel Chester French's home and studio; 1920s ** Merwin House ( Stockbridge) – Federal-style house built c. 1825 ** The Mission House ( Stockbridge) – the first missionary to the

Mohegan The Mohegan are an Algonquian Native American tribe historically based in present-day Connecticut. Today the majority of the people are associated with the Mohegan Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe living on a reservation in the east ...

Indians in Stockbridge; built in 1739 **

Naumkeag Naumkeag is the former country estate of noted New York City lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate and Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate, located at 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The estate's centerpiece is a 44-room, Shingle Style ...

( Stockbridge) – 44 room, Shingle-style country house designed by

Stanford White Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect. He was also a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms. He designed many houses for the rich, in addition ...

; 1885 * Elsewhere ** Anthony House ( Adams) – birthplace of

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to s ...

** Colonel John Ashley House (

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...

) – built c. 1735 ** Bidwell House Museum (

Monterey Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bot ...

) – built 1750 ** The Folly ( Williamstown) – designed by Ulrich Franzen, 1966 ** Santarella (

Tyringham Tyringham (/ˈtiːrɪŋəm/) is a village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about a mile and a half north of Newport Pagnell. The village name is an Old English language word, an ...

) – home of sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson

Franklin County

* Deerfield ** Sheldon–Hawks House ( Deerfield) – built in 1743 * Greenfield ** Leavitt–Hovey House ( Greenfield) – built in 1799 by architect

Asher Benjamin Asher Benjamin (June 15, 1773July 26, 1845) was an American architect and author whose work transitioned between Federal architecture and the later Greek Revival architecture. His seven handbooks on design deeply influenced the look of cities an ...

for judge Jonathan Leavitt

Hampden County

* Agawam ** Capt. Charles Leonard House, built in 1805, designed by

** Purchase-Ferre House, built in 1764, owned by the Ferre family since 1799 ** Thomas and Esther Smith House, built in 1757, example of vernacular Georgian architecture * Chicopee **

Edward Bellamy House The Edward Bellamy House is a National Historic Landmark at 91–93 Church Street in the Chicopee Falls section of the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. Its landmark designation was in honor of journalist and Utopian writer Edwa ...

, built in 1852, home of Utopian writer

Edward Bellamy Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 – May 22, 1898) was an American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel ''Looking Backward''. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerou ...

** Thomas D. Page House, c. 1875, used as freemason lodge, 1909–2012 * East Longmeadow ** Elijah Burt House, c. 1720–1740, station of

Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada. ...

** Swetland-Pease House, c. 1793 * Granville ** John and Ruth Rose House, built in 1742 * Hampden ** Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ( Hampden) – home of author Thornton Burgess ** Captain John Porter House, built in 1771 in Agawam ** Thornton W. Burgess House, c. 1780–1784 * Holyoke ** Wistariahurst built in 1868 for William Skinner * Monson ** Jacob Thompson House, c. 1811–1813, rare example of Federal style with brick ends ** William Norcross House, c. 1785, example of late Georgian architecture * Southwick ** Laflin-Phelps Homestead, c. 1808–1821, owned by the Phelps family since 1865 * Springfield, Massachusetts ** Mills-Stebbins Villa, built 1849–1851, considered architect Henry Sykes's "best work" in the Italianate style * Westfield ** Joseph Dewey House, c. 1735 **

Octagon House Octagon houses were a unique house style briefly popular in the 1850s in the United States and Canada. They are characterised by an octagonal (eight-sided) plan, and often feature a flat roof and a veranda all round. Their unusual shape and app ...

, c. 1858–1864 * West Springfield ** Josiah Day House, built in 1754, oldest known brick

saltbox A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a woode ...

Hampshire County

* Amherst ** Dickinson Homestead ( Amherst) – home of

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

** Strong House, c. 1744, home of the Amherst Historical Society * Cummington ** William Cullen Bryant Homestead ( Cummington) – home of

William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the ''New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry ...

* Hadley ** Porter–Phelps–Huntington House ( Hadley) – built between 1752 and 1799 and home of several generations of important local figures, including diarist Elizabeth Porter Phelps and bishop

Frederic Dan Huntington Frederic (or Frederick) Dan Huntington (May 28, 1819, Hadley, Massachusetts – July 11, 1904, Hadley, Massachusetts) was an American clergyman and the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. Early life, ...

** Samuel Porter House, 1713 * Northampton **Historic Northampton, a museum of local history in the heart of the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts. Its collection of approximately 50,000 objects and three historic buildings is the repository of Northampton and Connecticut Valley history from the pre-contact era to the present. Historic Northampton constitutes a campus of three contiguous historic houses, all on their original sites. The grounds themselves are part of an original Northampton homelot, laid out in 1654. *** Isaac Damon House (1813), built by architect

Isaac Damon Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

, contains Historic Northampton's administrative offices and a Federal era parlor featuring Damon family furnishings and period artifacts. A modern structure, added in 1987, houses the museum and exhibition area. It features changing exhibits and a permanent installation, A Place Called Paradise: The Making of Northampton, Massachusetts, chronicling Northampton history. *** Parsons House (1730) affords an overview of Colonial domestic architecture with its interior walls exposed to reveal evolving structural and decorative changes over more than two and a half centuries. *** Shepherd House (1796) contains artifacts and furnishings from many generations, including exotic souvenirs from the turn-of-the-century travels of Thomas and Edith Shepherd, and reflects one family's changing tastes and values. *** Shepherd Barn contains exhibits of antique farm implements, vehicles and a working blacksmith shop.

Central Massachusetts

Worcester County

* Auburn ** Joseph Stone House – Central Chimney Cape house built c. 1729 35 Stone Street, Auburn. **

Thaddeus Chapin House on Elmwood Street Thaddeus (Latin ''Thaddaeus'', Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος ''Thaddaĩos'', from Aramaic תדי ''Ṯaday'') is a male given name. As of the 1990 Census, ''Thaddeus'' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while ''Thad'', ...

– Federal-style house built on west side of Pakachoag Hill in what is now Auburn. * Grafton ** Willard House and Clock Museum * Shrewsbury ** General Artemas Ward House ** Rev. Joseph Sumner House, built in 1797 *

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...

** Salisbury Mansion – built 1772 ** Judge Timothy Paine House – House is known as The Oaks (1774) ** Captain Benjamin Flagg House – Central Chimney Cape house built c. 1717, 136 Plantation Street

Eastern Massachusetts

Essex County

* Amesbury ** Mary Baker Eddy Historic House ( Amesbury) –

Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded ''The Christian Science Monitor'', a Pulitzer Prize-winning se ...

associations ** Macy–Colby House ( Amesbury) – built 1654 ** Isaac Morrill House – built 1680 ** John Greenleaf Whittier Home ( Amesbury) – home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier * Andover ** Amos Blanchard House ( Andover) – house museum; late Federal period ** Russell House ( Andover) – c. 1805 * Beverly ** John Balch House ( Beverly) – one of the oldest surviving timber-framed houses in the United States, built c. 1679 ** John Cabot House ( Beverly) – one of the first brick structures built in Beverly ** Exercise Conant House ( Beverly) ( Son of early Cape Ann settler Roger Conant) ( Added on to by Reverend John Chipman

** John Hale House ( Beverly) – c. 1695 ** Long Hill ( Beverly) – Ellery Sedgwick's home and gardens; 1925 * Danvers ** Judge Samuel Holten House ( Danvers) – c. 1670 ** Rebecca Nurse Homestead ( Danvers) – hanged for witchcraft, 1692 ** General Israel Putnam House ( Danvers) – c. 1648, birthplace of Gen.

Israel Putnam Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790), popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). He als ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

** Choate House (

) – birthplace of Rufus Choate; built c. 1730 **

Coffin House The Coffin House is a historic Colonial American house, currently estimated to have been constructed circa 1678. It is located at 14 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England. The house is open o ...

(

) – Colonial house; c. 1678 *

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

** Beauport, Sleeper–McCann House – built in 1907 as a summer house for designer Henry Davis Sleeper ** Captain Elias Davis House – built in 1804, part of

Cape Ann Museum Cape Ann Museum is an art and historical museum located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Its collection and programming focuses on the artists and art colonies of Cape Ann, including thRocky Neck Art Colonyand the Folly Cove Designers. The museum' ...

's decorative arts collection. ** Hammond Castle – home and laboratory of John Hays Hammond Jr.; built 1926–1929 ** Sargent House Museum – built in 1782, home of writer Judith Sargent Murray and pastor John Murray ** White–Ellery House – built in 1710 for Reverend John White, owned by the Ellery family for 200 years *

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

** John Heard House (

) – Western and Asian cultures in an atmosphere of the China trade years; built 1795 **

John Whipple House The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts ...

(

) – mid-17th century to the early 18th century ** Ipswich has hundreds of historic houses, including 57–59 that are classified as First Period. * Newbury and

Newburyport Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 18,289 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport with vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes part of Plum Island. The mo ...

Cushing House Museum and Garden The Cushing House Museum and Garden (circa 1808), also known as the Caleb Cushing House, is a Federal style mansion with a fine garden located at 98 High Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. It was a home of diplomat Caleb Cushing ...

(

) – home of shipowner John Newmarch Cushing ** Dole–Little House ( Newbury) – c. 1715 of older materials ** Spencer–Peirce–Little Farm ( Newbury) – c. 1675–1700 ** The Swett–Ilsley House ( Newbury) – c. 1670 * North Andover ** The Capt. Timothy Johnson House - c. 1708, First Period Colonial home with historical ties to Indian Raids, the Salem Witch Trials, and The Underground Railroad * Salem ** Andrew–Safford House was built in 1819 ** Bessie Monroe House was built in 1811 ** Bowker Place located at144–156 Essex Street and built in 1830 ** Crowninshield–Bentley House ( Salem) – c. 1727–1730 ** Salem City Hall – Oldest continually run City Hall in America, built in 1837 ** Cotting–Smith Assembly House **

Derby House The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is a royal corporation consisting of professional officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern Ireland and some Commonwealth realms. The heralds are appointed by the British Sovereig ...

built in 1762 ** Francis Cox House built in 1846 ** Gardner–Pingree House ( Salem) – 1804–1805 ** Gedney House ( Salem) – c. 1665 ** Hamilton Hall – A

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

located at 9 Chestnut Street and built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire and added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1970. ** Hawkes House – c. 1780, 1800 ** House of the Seven Gables ( Salem) – house from the

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that t ...

novel of the same name ** John Bertram Mansion located in the McIntyre Historic District, High Style Italianate brick and brownstone mansion built in 1855. When John Bertram died in March 1882, his widow donated their home ( The John Bertram Mansion located at 370 Essex Street ) and this became the Salem Public Library. The Salem Public Library opened its doors on July 8, 1889, and is in the National Register of Historic Places. ** John Bertram Mansion, built in 1818–19 – Located in the Salem Common Historic District and is a home for the elderly ** John Tucker Daland House ( Salem) – 1851–1852 ** Joseph Fenno House–Woman's Friend Society, 18th Century – Federal architecture ** Joseph Story House was built in 1811 for U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Joseph Story Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in ''Martin v. Hunter's Lessee'' and '' United States ...

** Joshua Ward House was built in 1784 ** Joseph Winn Jr. House c. 1843 ** Narbonne House c. 1675 **

Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace The Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace is the home where American author Nathaniel Hawthorne was born. It is located at 27 Hardy Street but accessible through 54 Turner Street, Salem, Massachusetts Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex Coun ...

( Salem) – birthplace of American novelist

; built between 1730 and 1745 **

Nathaniel Bowditch House The Nathaniel Bowditch House, sometimes called the Bowditch-Osgood House and the Curwen-Ward-Bowditch House, is a historic house and National Historic Landmark at 9 North Street in Salem, Massachusetts. With a construction history apparently dat ...

( Salem) – home of

Nathaniel Bowditch Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book '' The New American Practical Navi ...

(c. 1805) ** Pedrick Store House c. 1770 ** Peirce–Nichols House located at 80 Federal Street, built in 1782 ** Phillips Library ** Pickering House ( Salem) – c. 1651 ** Ropes Mansion ( Salem) – late 1720s ** Rufus Choate House is located at 14 Lynde Street and was built in 1787 ** Salem Athenaeum ** Shepard Block is a

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

structure was constructed in 1851 and is located at 298-304 Essex Street ** Stephen Phillips House is located at 34 Chestnut Street – c. 1806 ** Thomas March Woodbridge House is located at 48 Bridge Street – c. 1809 ** John P. Peabody House at 15 Summer Street – built in 1867 ** Salem Old Town Hall 1816–17, Federal Style building. **

Quaker Meeting House A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held. Typically, Friends meeting houses are simple and resemble local residential buildings. Steeples, spires, and ...

** West Cogswell House is a historic set of row houses located at 5–9 Summer Street and built in 1834 ** William Pike House, 19th Century ** Witch House ( Salem) – c. 1642 – home of Witch Trials Judge Jonathan Corwin ** William Murray House built in 1688 **

Yin Yu Tang House Yin Yu Tang House (蔭餘堂) is a late 18th-century Chinese house from Anhui province that had been removed from its original village and re-erected in Salem, Massachusetts. In North America it is the only example of historic Chinese vernacular ...

, was built around 1800 in China. 200 years after construction the Yin Yu Tang House was disassembled in China, shipped to America and then reassembled inside the

Peabody Essex Museum The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799. It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem (which acquired the Society's collection) and th ...

. *

Swampscott Swampscott () is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Ba ...

** Mary Baker Eddy Historic House (

) –

home (1865–66) ** Sir John Humphreys House (

) – built by first Deputy Governor of Massachusetts ** Elihu Thomson House (

) – home of

Elihu Thomson Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an English-born American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Early life He was bor ...

* Elsewhere ** Boardman House ( Saugus) – c. 1687 ** Brocklebank–Nelson–Beecher House ( Georgetown) – c. 1668 ** Claflin–Richards House ( Wenham) – c. 1690 ** Cogswell's Grant (

) – remarkable collectors' house ** Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home ( Lynn) – first home owned by

** Jeremiah Lee Mansion ( Marblehead) – 1768 ** The Stevens–Coolidge Place ( North Andover) – house museum and garden; late Federal period ** John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead ( Haverhill) – home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier ** Parson Capen House ( Topsfield) – c. 1683

Middlesex County

* Arlington ** Jason Russell House ( Arlington) – Bloodiest spot in the

Battle of Lexington and Concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, ...

; built 1740 ** Fowle-Reed-Wyman House ( Arlington) - Oldest house in Arlington; c. 1706 * Burlington ** Wyman House ( Burlington) – oldest house in Burlington, built c. 1666 *

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...

** Cooper–Frost–Austin House (

) – oldest house in Cambridge; built c. 1681 ** Elmwood (

) – birthplace and home of poet

James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that ...

; built 1767 ** Asa Gray House (

) – designed by

Ithiel Town Ithiel Town (October 3, 1784 – June 13, 1844) was an American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in the United States, Town made significant contributions to American architecture in the f ...

, home of botanist Asa Gray ** Hooper–Lee–Nichols House (

) – 2nd oldest house in Cambridge; 1685 **

Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (also known as the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House and, until December 2010, Longfellow National Historic Site) is a historic site located at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge ...

- built 1759 *

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It ...

** Barrett–Byam Homestead – (

) – prior to 1663 ** "Old Chelmsford" Garrison House – (

) – prior to 1691 *

Concord Concord may refer to: Meaning "agreement" * Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony) * Harmony, in music * Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...

The Old Manse The Old Manse is a historic manse in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, notable for its literary associations. It is open to the public as a nonprofit museum owned and operated by the Trustees of Reservations. The house is located on Monume ...

(

) – built by

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champ ...

's grandfather; Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote some of their work in the house; 1770 **

Orchard House Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, opened to the public on May 27, 1912. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832 ...

(

) – home of Louisa May Alcott; the novel '' Little Women'' was written here **

The Wayside The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, who named it Hillside, author Nathaniel Hawthorne and ...

(

) – built circa 1717; later the home of Samuel Whitney, a Minuteman who fought the British regulars at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775; home of Louisa May Alcott and her family 1845–1848; home of

and his family 1852–1870; purchased in 1883 by Boston publisher

Daniel Lothrop Daniel Lothrop (August 11, 1831 – March 18, 1892) was an American publisher.''The National Cyclopaedia of American biography'', Vol 8 (1898) James T. White & Company, New York Biography Daniel Lothrop was born in Rochester, Strafford County, ...

and his wife, author Harriett Lothrop (pen name Margaret Sidney), whose descendants lived in the house until it was acquired by the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...

in 1965. ** Bush, Ralph Waldo Emerson House (

) – home of

** Reuben Brown House – Colonial style built in 1725
Thoreau Birth House
��Built by John Wheeler circa 1730; Henry David Thoreau born in the house in 1817; house moved 300 yards to its current location in 1878.
Robbins House
��Built circa 1790–1800; home of Caesar Robbins, a formerly enslaved African-American and Revolutionary War veteran. In 1870–71, the house was moved to Bedford Street, near

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent burying ground at the Old Dutch ...

. In 2011 it was moved to its present site at 320 Monument Street, across from the

Old North Bridge Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England * Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Ma ...

and the Old Manse. * Lexington ** Hancock–Clarke House ( Lexington) – home of the Reverend John Hancock (grandfather of

John Hancock John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of t ...

, signer of the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of th ...

) and the Reverend Jonas Clarke; built between 1698 and 1738 in

Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs ...

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

Codman House The Codman House (also known as The Grange) is a historic house set on a estate at 36 Codman Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Thanks to a gift by Dorothy Codman, it has been owned by Historic New England since 1969 and is open to the public June 1 ...

(

) – Federal style; built 1735 ** Gropius House (

) – designed by

Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one ...

; 1938 ** Hoar Tavern (

) – Oldest home in Lincoln; built 1680 * Malden ** Cox-Haven House ( Malden) – One of three Stations in Malden that hid Fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad. The home was also the birthplace of Gilbert Haven Jr. (1821- 1880), the great social reformer and bishop of the Methodist Church. Today located at 35 Clifton St.; built 1790 * Medford ** Grandfather's House ( Medford) – original destination from "Over the River and Through the Woods" ** Isaac Royall House ( Medford) – a very fine mansion from the early 18th century with New England's only surviving slave quarters ** Peter Tufts House ( Medford) – perhaps the oldest all-brick house in the United States * Lowell **

Whistler House Museum of Art The Whistler House Museum of Art is the birthplace of painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler. It is located at 243 Worthen Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, and is open as a museum displaying works from the museum collection and shows by ar ...

( Lowell) – birthplace of painter James McNeill Whistler *

Natick Natick ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 37,006 at the 2020 census. west of Boston, Natick is part of the Greater Boston area. ...

** Sherman Geissler House – Roger Sherman was a member of the five man drafting committee the "Committee of Five" that wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. In the famous painting by John Trumbull entitled "The Declaration Of Independence" Roger Sherman is depicted literally front and center. He was the only person that signed ALL four great state papers of the United States; The Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. He built this house in 1750 in the Bean Hill section of Norwich CT. The house was moved from Norwich, CT to Natick, MA. in 1934 ** Henry Wilson Shoe Shop – Henry Wilson, eighteenth Vice President of the United States, made shoes in this ten footer. * Newton ** Dupee Estate–Mary Baker Eddy Home **

Reginald A. Fessenden House The Reginald A. Fessenden House is a historic house in the village of Chestnut Hill in Newton, Massachusetts. It was the residence from 1919 to his death in 1932 of the inventor Reginald A. Fessenden (1866–1932), called "the father of radio b ...

( Newton) – home of technologist Reginald Aubrey Fessenden * Somerville ** Samuel Gaut House ( Somerville) – Italianate style; built 1855 * Stoneham, Massachusetts ** Jonathan Green House ( Stoneham) – built c. 1720 ** Shoe Shop–Doucette Ten Footer, 1850 ten footer *

Townsend Townsend (pronounced tounʹ-zənd) or Townshend may refer to: Places United States *Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York *Townsend, Delaware *Townsend, Georgia *Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Townsend ...

Reed Homestead The Reed Homestead (circa 1809) is a historic home currently operated as a historic house museum in Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts. Overview The house is notable mainly for its well-preserved murals on the second floor, attributed to Rufus Porte ...

(

) – murals by

Rufus Porter Rufus Porter may refer to: *Rufus Porter (painter) Rufus Porter (May 1, 1792 – August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of '' Scientific American'' magazine. Famous family Rufus Porter descended from an old coloni ...

, founder of

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it ...

Stow Stow may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village * Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village * Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town * Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village * Stow ...

** Randall–Hale homestead - built c. 1710 * Sudbury ** Wayside Inn – oldest operating inn in the country, from 1716. Grounds contain one-room schoolhouse associated with the poem '' Mary Had a Little Lamb''. * Waltham **

Gore Place Gore Place is a historic country house, now a museum, located at 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. It is owned and operated by the nonprofit Gore Place Society. The estate is open to the public daily without charge; an admission fee is c ...

( Waltham) – brick country estate; built 1806 ** Lyman Estate ( Waltham) – country estate; built 1793 **

Robert Treat Paine Estate The Robert Treat Paine Estate, known as Stonehurst, is a country house set on in Waltham, Massachusetts. It was designed for philanthropist Robert Treat Paine in a collaboration between architect Henry Hobson Richardson and landscape architect ...

( Waltham) – country estate, collaboration of

Henry Hobson Richardson Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...

and

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co ...

; built 1866 and 1884 *

Watertown Watertown may refer to: Places in China In China, a water town is a type of ancient scenic town known for its waterways. Places in the United States *Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town **Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...

** Abraham Browne House (

) – c. 1694–1701 ** Edmund Fowle House (

) – site of revolutionary government and first US treaty; early 1740s * Woburn ** 1790 House ( Woburn) – large Federal house with interesting history; 1790 ** Baldwin House ( Woburn) – home of engineer Col. Loammi Baldwin; 1661 ** Benjamin Thompson House–Count Rumford Birthplace ( Woburn) – birthplace of

Benjamin Thompson Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (german: Reichsgraf von Rumford; March 26, 1753August 21, 1814) was an American-born British physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th-century revolut ...

, also known as Count Rumford

Norfolk County

* Quincy **

John Adams Birthplace The John Adams Birthplace is a historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is the saltbox home in which Founding Father and second president of the United States, John Adams, was born in 1735. The house was designated a N ...

( Quincy) – birthplace of

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...

** John Quincy Adams Birthplace ( Quincy) – birthplace of

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States ...

** The

Josiah Quincy House The Josiah Quincy House , located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that ...

( Quincy) – country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy;1770 **

Peacefield Peacefield, also called Peace field or Old House, is a historic home formerly owned by the Adams family of Quincy, Massachusetts. It was the home of United States Founding Father and U.S. president John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams, and o ...

( Quincy) – home of several generations of the Adams family * Brookline **

John F. Kennedy National Historic Site The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is the birthplace and childhood home of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. The house is at 83 Beals Street in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts ...

, the birthplace of JFK ** George R. Minot House ( Brookline) – home of George R. Minot * Dedham ** Endicott Estate Dedham, Massachusetts – home of Henry B. Endicott, designed by Henry Bailey Alden, 1905 ** Endicott House Dedham, Massachusetts – home of H. Wendell Endicott, designed by Charles A. Platt with landscape by

, 1934 ** Fairbanks House ( Dedham) – North America's oldest surviving timber-frame house; built c. 1641 * Needham ** Jarvis Thorpe House ( Needham) – Built in 1836, served as Needham's Post Office as well as home to the influential Thorpe family. * Elsewhere ** Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House ( Milton) – Greek Revival architecture ** Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate ( Canton) – country house with garden grounds ** General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace ( Braintree) – birthplace of

Sylvanus Thayer Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 – September 7, 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineeri ...

, "Father of West Point"

Suffolk County

* Boston **

First Harrison Gray Otis House The First Harrison Gray Otis House is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 141 Cambridge Street in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts. The house, built in 1795–96, was the first of three houses designed by Charles Bu ...

(Boston) – by

Charles Bulfinch Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice.Baltzell, Edward Digby. ''Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia''. Tra ...

** Second Harrison Gray Otis House (Boston) – by

** Third Harrison Gray Otis House (Boston) – by

** Amory–Ticknor House (Boston) by

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was found ...

(Boston) – Remarkable palazzo and art museum ** Gibson House Museum (Boston) – unchanged Back Bay townhouse lived in by 3 generations of Gibsons; built 1859 ** Paul Revere House (Boston) – built in 1680 ** Pierce–Hichborn House (Boston) – an early Georgian house; 1711 ** Nichols House Museum (Boston) - by

* Dorchester ** James Blake House ( Dorchester) – oldest house in Boston; 1648 ** Captain Lemuel Clap House ( Dorchester) – built for a descendant of an original settler; 1710 and 1765 ** William Clapp House ( Dorchester) – Federal style with Greek Revival addition; 1806 **

Pierce House (Dorchester, Massachusetts) The Pierce House is a rare 17th-century ( First Period) house at 24 Oakton Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Built c. 1683, It documents period building practices, and the tastes and housing needs of one family, ...

- First period house; c. 1683 * Roxbury ** William Lloyd Garrison House ( Roxbury) –

William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December , 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper '' The Liberator'', which he foun ...

's home **

Shirley–Eustis House The Shirley–Eustis House is a historic house located at 33 Shirley Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The house was built between 1747 and 1751 on in Roxbury by William Shirley (1694–1771), Royal Gov ...

( Roxbury) – Tory stronghold ** Edward Everett Hale House ( Roxbury)- Home of famed author and minister

Edward Everett Hale Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as " The Man Without a Country", published in '' Atlantic Monthly'', in support of the Union ...

; 1841 * Elsewhere ** Loring–Greenough House (

Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The commun ...

) – Tory stronghold ** Ellen Swallow Richards House (

) – home of Ellen Swallow Richards

Southeastern Massachusetts

Bristol County

* Dartmouth ** Elihu Akin House – cape-style house built; built in 1762 * Fall River ** David M. Anthony House –

Second Empire Second Empire may refer to: * Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783 * Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) * Second French Empire (1852–1870) ** Second Empire architecture, an architectural styl ...

style, built 1875 ** Ariadne J. and Mary A. Borden House – Second Empire, built 1882 **

Borden–Winslow House The Borden–Winslow House is a historic house located at 3063 North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was built c. 1740 in the Steep Brook area, then still part of Freetown, making it possibly the oldest extant house in Fall River. O ...

– Georgian Colonial, built 1740 ** Lafayette–Durfee House – Georgian Colonial, built about 1750 ** William Lindsey House –

, built 1844 ** Luther Winslow Jr. House – Federal, built 1875 ** Osborn House –

, built 1843 * Mansfield ** Fisher-Richardson House - built 1743 * New Bedford ** Rotch–Jones–Duff House and Garden Museum – home of William Rotch Jr., a whaling merchant; built in 1834 * Rehoboth ** Christopher Carpenter House – built 1800 ** Col. Thomas Carpenter III House – built 1855 ** Carpenter House (Rehoboth, Massachusetts) – built 1789 *

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

** J.C. Bartlett House – built, 1880 ** Samuel Colby House –

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

, built 1869 ** McKinstrey House – Georgian colonial, built 1759 ** Morse House – built 1850 ** William L. White Jr. House –

, built 1873

Plymouth County

* Duxbury ** Alden House Historic Site ( Duxbury) – purportedly built by the

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John Alden John Alden (c. 1598 - September 12, 1687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the ''Mayflower'' which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, US. He was hired in Sou ...

; originally thought built in 1653, though later evidence suggests c. 1700 ** King Caesar House ( Duxbury) – home of Ezra Weston, II ("King Caesar"); built 1808 ** Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House ( Duxbury) – built 1807 * Plymouth ** Harlow Old Fort House ( Plymouth) – built with timbers from the Pilgrims 1621 Fort on Burial Hill; built in 1677 ** The Jabez Howland House ( Plymouth) – home of

Mayflower ''Mayflower'' was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, r ...

passenger

John Howland John Howland (February 23, 1673) accompanied the English Separatists and other passengers when they left England on the to settle in Plymouth Colony. He was an indentured servant and in later years an executive assistant and personal secretary ...

; built in 1667 ** Richard Sparrow House ( Plymouth) – oldest house in Plymouth; owned by the Sparrow family, who arrived Plymouth in 1633; the house was built c. 1640 * Hingham ** Samuel Lincoln House ( Hingham) – built by Samuel Lincoln 1721 on land purchased in 1649 by grandfather Samuel Lincoln, ancestor of President

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* Elsewhere ** Isaac Winslow House ( Marshfield) – Tory stronghold ** Old Oaken Bucket Homestead ( Scituate) – scene of Samuel Woodworth's poem "The Old Oaken Bucket" ** Daniel Webster Estate (

Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,825 at the 2020 census. It includes the census-designated places (CDPs) of Marshfield, Marshfield Hills, Ocean Bluf ...

) – site of Webster Law Office and Webster Family home

Cape Cod and the islands

Barnstable County

* Atwood House Museum, Chatham – built 1756 * Isaac Crocker Homestead, Marstons Mills – built c. 1750s * Winslow Crocker House,

Yarmouth Port Yarmouth Port is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,320 at the 2010 census. Yarmouth Port was home to the original Christmas Tree Shops until its cl ...

– built c. 1780 *

Hoxie House The Hoxie House (c. 1675) is a saltbox house located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. According to the Massachusetts Historical Commission, it's likely the oldest extant house "in the area". The residence was owned by both the Smith and Hoxie families ...

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– Cape Cod's oldest saltbox house; built c. 1675 *

Wing Fort House Wing Fort House is a historic house at Spring Hill Road in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, located within the Spring Hill Historic District (Sandwich, Massachusetts), Spring Hill Historic District. The house was built in 1641 and added to the Na ...

, East Sandwich, Massachusetts – built ca. 1641

Dukes County

* The Vincent House, Martha's Vineyard – oldest house in Martha's Vineyard; built c. 1672 * The Thomas Chase House, Martha's Vineyard – oldest house in downtown Vineyard Haven; built c. 1717

Nantucket County

* Auld Lang Syne House, Nantucket Sconset – oldest house in Nantucket not on the original foundation, ca. 1675 * Jethro Coffin House, Nantucket – oldest house in Nantucket on its original foundation; built c. 1686

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Historic houses History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...