BRANDT HOUSE
29 Highland Avenue
Greenfield, MA
800-235-3329
A Colonial Revival Estate Built in 1890
Now a gracious B&B

WILLARD HOUSE and CLOCK MUSEUM
Built c. 1718-1755-1790
11 Willard Street
North Grafton, MA
Phone: 508-839-3500

BLACK WALNUT INN
1184 North Pleasant Street
Amherst MA 01002
Built: 1821
Type: Federal style brick house - now a B&B.

MERWIN HOUSE
Built c. 1824
16 West Main Street
Stockbridge, MA
Society for Preservation of
New England Antiquities

1780's
HERMAN MELVILLE'S ARROWHEAD
1780'S Farm House
Restored to Melville's era
Herman Melville and Arrowhead.
780 Holmes Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone 413/442-1449
Fee-Yes

EMILY DICKENSON HOME & MUSEUM
National Historic Landmark
280 Main Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-542-8161

William Cullen Bryant House
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*********EASTERN MASS - BOSTON AREA**********

c. 1636
THE FAIRBANKS HOUSE
511 East Street
Dedham, MA 02026
"Oldest surviving timber frame house in America.
25 photos of The Fairbanks House
source - Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record

The Faibanks House - 260 years- one family - Dedham, MA
Detailed account of this remarkably preserved 1637 frame house.
by Helen H. Hill, New England Antique Journal, April 2006
Entered - 03-31-06

Tours Tues - Sat. May to October

c. 1640 - 1670
JOHN WHIPPLE HOUSE
Ipswich, MA
Ipswich Historical Society

c. pre 1675
JUDGE CORWIN HOUSE
The Witch House
Salem, MA
Example of 17th century architecture.
Only surviving stucture in Salem with direct ties
to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

1680

Paul Revere House
On Freedom Trail
Boston,MA

ca. 1698-1738

HANCOCK-CLARKE HOUSE
Lexington, MA
Prominant in Revolutionary War History.

ca. 1714
THE GUILD-KELLOCK hOUSE
Center Chimney Post and Beam Gambrel, Wrentham, MA
Listed for sale by OldHouse.com
(please tell the agent that you saw it on antiquing.com)

ca. 1730

HAGER HOUSE ANTIQUE SHOP
850 Boston Post Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
A 1730 Gambreled home displays a wide range of quality inventory in a general line of country 18th and 19th century antiques. Forty minutes from downtown Boston and 1500 feet from the famous Longfellow's Wayside Inn.

ca. 1759
Longfellow Historic Site
105 Battle Street
Cambridge, MA
"Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and headquarters
for George Washington during the seige of Boston.

1770
THE OLD MANSE
269 Monument Street
Concord, MA
978-369-3909
Built by Ralph Waldo Emerson's grandfather, both
RW Emerson and Nathanial Hawthorn wrote from this house
located near the Concord Bridge.
Property of The Trustees of Reservations

HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES
5 Turner Street
Salem, MA 01979

ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
John Adams Birthplace
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Two 17th Century Farm Houses
141 Franklin Street
Quincy, MA

ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
The (Adams) Old House
Built 1731
Occupied by Adams Family 1788-1927
135 Adams Street
Quincy, MA

QUINCY HOUSE
Built by Colonal Josiah Quincy, a Revolutionary period leader.
Spectacular!
20 Muirhead Street
Quincy, MA

ORCHARD HOUSE
Home of Louisa May Alcott and her family for over 20 years,
where the beloved classic, "Little Women" was written in 1868.
This 300-year-old home typifies a mid-19th century middle-class home,
with over 80% of the furnishings original to the Alcotts.
399 Lexington Road
Concord, MA

GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD HOME
786 Main Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone: 508-842-8900
Revolutionary War General's restored home
April 15 to November 30.

17th & 18th CENTURY HOUSES IN SALEM
Excellent pictures and description of seven houses.

CAPTAIN FORBES HOUSE MUSEUM
1833 Greek Revival Sea Captain's House
Admission Fee
Milton, MA

GORE PLACE
19th Century House Museum
National Historic Landmark
52 Gore Street
Wltham, MA
781-894-2798

19th & 20th CENTURY HOUSES IN SALEM
Excellent pictures and description of five houses built before WW1.

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*******THE SOUTH SHORE************

c. 1640
RICHARD SPARROW HOUSE
42 Summer Street
Plymouth, MA
The oldest house in Plymouth The Sparrows arrived Plymouth in 1633.

1653
ALDEN HOUSE HISTORIC SITE
The Alden House, located in beautiful, seaside Duxbury, MA
was built in 1653 by Pilgrim John Alden. It is open
to the public from mid-May to mid-October for a nominal charge.

1667
THE JABEZ HOWLAND HOUSE
33 Sandwich Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
The only house now standing in Plymouth where a
Matflower passenger (John Howland)is known to have lived.
CLICK HERE for article about house.

1677
The Harlow Oldfort House
119 Sandwich Street
Plymouth, MA 02360

****CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS****

c. 1672
THE VINCENT HOUSE
Martha's Vinyards oldest house.
Main Street
Edgartown, MA 02539
Phone: 508-627-8619
Fee-Seasonal

c. 1675
HOXIE HOUSE
Cape Cod's Oldest Saltbox House
18 Water Street
Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone: 508-888-1173
CLICK HERE for photos (Kidder Smith Image Project, MIT).
Seasonal - Fee

c. 1686
JETHRO COFFIN HOUSE
Nantucket's oldest house.
Sunset Hill
Nantucket MA 02554
Phone:978-922-1186
Fee-Seasonal

WINSLOW CROCKER HOUSE-c. 1780
250 Route 6, Old Kings Highway
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
508-352-4385
House moved to present location in 1936.
Interior remodeled to appropriate early American.

ATWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM Chatham, MA
Built 1756

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