- 413-229-8600
- 117 Cooper Hill Road, Sheffield, MA, USA
The oldest dwelling in Befkshire County, the 1735 home is furnished in period. Read More
- 203-869-6899
- 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT, USA
The circa 1730 structure began life as a home for prosperous merchants and gained recognition later as a boarding house and gathering place for many prominent American artists and writers. It is a National Historic Landmark operated by the Greenwich Historical Society, which also runs an art gallery, gift shop, summer camp, and many programs throughout the year such… Read More
- 203-263-2855
- 49 Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT, USA
The house was built about 1750 and is an architecturally interesting and unusual combination of gambrel and saltbox roof styles. In 1926, the famed English horticultural designer and writer was commissioned to plan an "old fashioned" garden to enhance the newly created museum. Gertrude Jekyll (pronounced jeek uhl) had a profound influence on modern garden design and is widely… Read More
- 203-453-9477
- 845 Boston Street, Guilford, CT, USA
The Hyland House, a museum of early colonial life and architecture, was built circa 1690-1710. Scheduled for demolition in 1916, it was purchased and restored by the Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society. It has been open to the public as a living historical environment since 1918. Read More
- 413-636-1616
- 70 Park Street, West Springfield, MA, USA
The oldest known brick salt-box style home in the United States. Owned by four generations of the Josiah Day family until sold to the Ramapogue Historical Society in 1903. All furnishings and artifacts are appropriate to the time period (pre-1902), including many original Day family items. Read More
- 978-546-9533
- Castle Lane, Rockport, MA, USA
The exact year when the "Old Castle" was built is unknown at this time. It is however, believed to have been built in 1712. Its first owner was Jethro Wheeler, a cordwainer(shoemaker) from Rowley, who came here with his wife and nine children in 1713, and whose family lived in the house for six generations. Since the oldest of… Read More
- 860-456-8381
- 36 Huntington Road, Scotland, CT, USA
The house where Samuel Huntington was born and raised was built for his father about 1723. It was two stories in height with one room on each floor. In the present house, the east front room on the ground floor and the chamber above it are Nathaniel Huntington's original house. In form and construction, this house reflected a conservative… Read More
- 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 in what was then known as the Indian settlement of Hassanamisco. Four of Joseph's grandsons - Benjamin, Simon, Ephraim and Aaron Willard - would become America's preeminent 19th century clockmakers, making their first clocks in 1766 in their small… Read More
- 419-893-9602
- 1035 River Road, Maumee, OH, USA
The grounds include the 1836 Federal style home of James and Mary Wolcott, along with a log cabin, and 1840s saltbox farmhouse, a 19th century church and the Toledo and Grand Rapids Railroad depot. The Wolcott house displays antique furnishings. Read More