The List of historic houses in Massachusetts reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Jul-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

List of historic houses in Massachusetts

Historic houses in Massachusetts is a link page for any stately home or historic house in Massachusetts.

---

Table of contents

1 Western MA 2 Eastern MA 3 Southeastern MA 4 Cape Cod and the islands

Western MA

• Berkshire County
  • Colonel Ashley House (Sheffield) - built circa 1735
  • The Mission House (Stockbridge) - the first missionary to the Mohegan Indians in Stockbridge; built in 1739

• Franklin County
  • Sheldon-Hawks House (Deerfield) - built in 1743

• Hampshire County
  • Emily Dickinson Home (Amherst) - home of Emily Dickinson

Eastern MA

• Essex County
  • The House of Seven Gables (Salem) - house from the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel of the same name
  • The Balch House (Beverly) - one of the oldest surviving wood-frame houses in the United States, built circa 1636

• Middlesex County
  • Hancock-Clarke House (Lexington) - home of the Reverend John Hancock (grandfather of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence) and the Reverend Jonas Clarke; built between 1698 and 1738
  • The Old Manse (Concord) - built by Ralph Waldo Emerson's grandfather; Emerson and Nathanial Hawthorn wrote some of their work in the house; built in 1770
  • Orchard House (Concord) - home of Louisa May Alcott; the novel Little Women was written here
  • Thompson House (Woburn) - birthplace of Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumford

• Norfolk County
  • Adams National Historic Site (Quincy) - birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams
  • The Fairbanks House (Dedham) - North America's oldest surviving timber-frame house; built circa 1636

• Suffolk County
  • Paul Revere House (Boston) - built in 1680

Southeastern MA

• Bristol County
  • Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum (New Bedford) - home of William Rotch Jr, a whaling merchant; built in 1834

• Plymouth County
  • Alden House Historic Site (Duxbury) - built by the Pilgrim John Alden; built in 1653
  • The Jabez Howland House (Plymouth) - home of Mayflower passenger John Howland; 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 circa 1640

Cape Cod and the islands

• Barnstable County
  • Atwood House Museum (Chatham) - built 1756
  • Hoxie House (Sandwich) - Cape Cod's oldest saltbox house; built circa 1675
  • Winslow Crocker House (Yarmouth Port) - built circa 1780

• the islands
  • Jethro Coffin House (Nantucket) - oldest house in Nantucket; built circa 1686
  • The Vincent House (Martha's Vineyard) - oldest house in Martha's Vineyard; built circa 1672

This is the "List of historic houses in Massachusetts" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.