Historic houses in Massachusetts

Table of contents

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

Western MA

• Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  • The Mission House (Stockbridge) - the first missionary to the Mohegan Indians in Stockbridge; built in 1739

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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