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Historic House Museums in America

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Herr House
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1719 Museum

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  • 717-464-4438
  • 1849 Hans Herr Dr., Willow Street, PA 17584

The 1719 Herr House is the oldest building in Lancaster County and the oldest Mennonite meetinghouse in the Americas. It… Read More

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Abigail Adams Birthplace
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Abigail Adams Birthplace

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  • 781-277-1271
  • 180 Norton St, North Weymouth, Weymouth, MA, USA

The birthplace of Abigail Smith Adams was built in 1685 for the Reverend Samuel Torrey, minister of The First Church… Read More

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Bacon's Castle
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Bacon’s Castle

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  • 757-357-5976
  • 465 Bacons Castle Trail, Surry, VA, USA

Bacon's Castle is the oldest brick dwelling in North America and was built for Arthur Allen and his family in… Read More

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Balch House
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Balch House

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  • 978-922-1186
  • 448 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, USA

The 1636 frame house was occupied by the Balch family until 1914 and is furnished in period. Read More

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Benjamin Bye Homestead & Museum

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  • 508-888-4213
  • 85 Old County Rd, East Sandwich, MA, USA

The Benjamin Nye Homestead & Museum is a home built by Benjamin Nye in 1678. A docent will guide you… Read More

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Caleb Pusey House
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Caleb Pusey House

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  • 610-874-5665
  • 15 Race Street, Upland, PA, USA

Built in 1683 and occupied by Caleb Pusey, this is the only building still standing which can claim documented association… Read More

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Cape Ann Museum
Matt

Cape Ann Museum

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  • 978-283-455
  • 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA, USA

The White-Ellery House, located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester at the Route 128 Grant Circle Rotary, was built in… Read More

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Coffin House
Matt

Coffin House

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  • 978-462-2634
  • 14 High Road, Newbury, MA, USA

Coffin House was occupied by the Coffin family over three centuries, and provides fascinating insight into domestic life in rural… Read More

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Fairbanks House
Matt

Fairbanks House

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  • 781-326-2147
  • 511 East Street, Dedham, MA, USA

The Fairbanks House is believed to be the oldest surviving timber frame house in North America. It was built for… Read More

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Francis Wyman House
Matt

Francis Wyman House

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  • 56 Francis Wyman Road, Burlington, MA, USA

The Francis Wyman house is a historic house in Burlington, MA. The original part of the house was built in… Read More

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Harrington House
Matt

Harriton House

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$$$$
  • 610-525-201
  • 500 Harriton Road, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA

Charles Thomson, the first and only Secretary to the Continental and Confederation Congresses, was Harriton's most famous occupant. Yet the… Read More

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Joshua Hempsted House
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Hempsted Houses

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  • 860-443-7949
  • 11 Hempstead Street, New London, CT, USA

The Hempsted Houses comprises two buildings: the 1678 Joshua Hempsted House and the 1759 Nathaniel Hempsted House. The Joshua Hempsted… Read More

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Ipswitch Museum
Matt

Ipswich Museum

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  • 978-356-2811
  • 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, USA

The museum maintains two historic homes, the 1677 Wipple House and the 1800 Heard House. Both properties are filled with… Read More

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Jabel Howland House
Matt

Jabez Howland House

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  • 508-746-9590
  • 33 Sandwich Street

The Jabez Howland House is the only existing house in Plymouth where Pilgrims actually lived. The original 17th century two-story… Read More

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Jackson House
Matt

Jackson House

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  • 603-436-3205
  • 76 Northwest Street, Portsmouth, NH, USA

Jackson House is the oldest surviving wood-frame house in New Hampshire. The house was built by Richard Jackson, a woodworker,… Read More

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Mabee Farm
Matt

Mabee Farm Historic Site

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  • 518-887-5073
  • 1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY, USA

In a storybook setting of productive fields and a matchless Mohawk River landscape sits the Jan Mabee Farm - the… Read More

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Old Stone House
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Old Stone House

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  • 202-895-6070
  • 3051 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Built circa 1766, Old Stone House is the oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, DC. Read More

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Louisa May Alcott House
Matt

Orchard House

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  • 978-369-4118
  • 399 Lexington Rd.

After moving twenty-two times in nearly thirty years, the Alcotts finally found their most permanent home at Orchard House, where… Read More

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Parson-Barnhard House
Matt

Parson Barnard House

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  • 978-686-4035
  • 179 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA, USA

The Parson Barnard House (1715) is located at 179 Osgood Street and retains many of its original features, based on… Read More

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Parson Capen House
Matt

Parson Capen House

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  • 1 Howlett Street, Topsfield, MA, USA

The Parson Capen House is one of the finest surviving example of Elizabethan architecture in America. The house is situated… Read More

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Scotchtown
Matt

Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown

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  • 804-227-
  • 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, USA

The house, at 93 feet (28 m) by 35 feet (11 m), is one of the largest 18th-century homes to… Read More

Farm
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House of the 7 Gables
Matt

The House of The Seven Gables

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  • 978-744-991
  • 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, USA

The House of the Seven Gables was built by a Salem sea captain and merchant named John Turner in 1668… Read More

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Winslow House
Matt

The Isaac Winslow House

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  • 781-837-5753
  • Winslow House, Careswell Street, Marshfield, MA, USA

The Isaac Winslow House was built circa 1699 for the Hon. Isaac Winslow (1671–1738) at the place named "Careswell" after… Read More

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Paul Revere House
Matt

The Paul Revere House

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  • 617-523-2338
  • 19 North Square, Boston, MA, USA

On the night of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul Revere left his small wooden home in Boston's North End and… Read More

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Hale Farm
Matt

The Rev. John Hale Farm

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  • 978-922-1186
  • 39 Hale Street

The oldest part of the house, two rooms up and two rooms down, was built for Reverend Hale in 1694.… Read More

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Massey House
Matt

Thomas Massey House

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  • 610-353-3644
  • Lawrence Rd & Springhouse Rd, Broomall, PA, USA

The Thomas Massey House is a monument to the American dream – the home of an indentured servant who became… Read More

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Wenham Museum
Matt

Wenham Museum

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  • 978-468-2377
  • 132 Main Street, Wenham, MA, USA

The 1660 Claflin-Richards house is furnished in period and is noteworthy for its late Elizabethan construction. Displays include costumes, quilts,… Read More

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Willard House
Matt

Willard House and Clock Museum

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  • 508-839-3500
  • 11 Willard Street, North Grafton, MA, USA

Nestled in the rolling hills of Central Massachusetts, Willard House is Grafton's oldest building, constructed in 1718 by Joseph Willard… Read More

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Wing House
Matt

Wing Fort House

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  • 508-833-1540
  • 63 Spring Hill Road, East Sandwich, MA, USA

Built in 1641, the house was occupied continuously by members of the Wing family until it became a museum in… Read More

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Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Matt

Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

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  • 718-629-5400
  • 5816 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Once a stone's throw from salt marshes and clam beds, the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Museum is probably the oldest… Read More

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