Historic houses in Massachusetts - Definition and Overview

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

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