List of historic houses in Massachusetts

This is a list of historic houses in Massachusetts.

Western Massachusetts

Berkshire County Lenox The Mount (Lenox) – author Edith Wharton's estate; 1902 Ventfort Hall (Lenox) – Jacobean style mansion, built 1893 – George & Sarah Morgan (sister of J.P. Morgan) Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio – home of American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen; 1930–1941 Pittsfield Arrowhead (Pittsfield) – home of author Herman Melville; built 1780 Stockbridge Chesterwood (Stockbridge) – sculptor Daniel Chester French's home and studio; 1920s Merwin House (Stockbridge) – Federal-style house built c. 1825 The Mission House (Stockbridge) – the first missionary to the Mohegan Indians in Stockbridge; built in 1739 Naumkeag (Stockbridge) – 44 room, Shingle-style country house designed by Stanford White; 1885 Elsewhere Anthony House (Adams) – birthplace of Susan B. Anthony Colonel John Ashley House (Sheffield) – built c. 1735 Bidwell House Museum (Monterey) – built 1750 The Folly (Williamstown) – designed by Ulrich Franzen, 1966 Santarella (Tyringham) – home of sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson

Franklin County Deerfield Sheldon–Hawks House (Deerfield) – built in 1743 Greenfield Leavitt–Hovey House (Greenfield) – built in 1799 by architect Asher Benjamin for judge Jonathan Leavitt

Hampden County Agawam Capt. Charles Leonard House, built in 1805, designed by Asher Benjamin Purchase-Ferre House, built in 1764, owned by the Ferre family since 1799 Thomas and Esther Smith House, built in 1757, example of vernacular Georgian architecture Chicopee Edward Bellamy House, built in 1852, home of Utopian writer Edward Bellamy Thomas D. Page House, c. 1875, used as freemason lodge, 1909–2012 East Longmeadow Elijah Burt House, c. 1720–1740, station of Underground Railroad Swetland-Pease House, c. 1793 Granville John and Ruth Rose House, built in 1742 Hampden Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Hampden) – home of author Thornton Burgess Captain John Porter House, built in 1771 in Agawam Thornton W. Burgess House, c. 1780–1784 Holyoke Wistariahurst built in 1868 for William Skinner Monson Jacob Thompson House, c. 1811–1813, rare example of Federal style with brick ends William Norcross House, c. 1785, example of late Georgian architecture Southwick Laflin-Phelps Homestead, c. 1808–1821, owned by the Phelps family since 1865 Springfield, Massachusetts Mills-Stebbins Villa, built 1849–1851, considered architect Henry Sykes's "best work" in the Italianate style Westfield Joseph Dewey House, c. 1735 Octagon House, c. 1858–1864 West Springfield Josiah Day House, built in 1754, oldest known brick saltbox

Hampshire County Amherst Dickinson Homestead (Amherst) – home of Emily Dickinson Strong House, c. 1744, home of the Amherst Historical Society Cummington William Cullen Bryant Homestead (Cummington) – home of William Cullen Bryant Hadley Porter–Phelps–Huntington House (Hadley) – built between 1752 and 1799 and home of several generations of important local figures, including diarist Elizabeth Porter Phelps and bishop Frederic Dan Huntington Samuel Porter House, 1713 Northampton Historic Northampton, a museum of local history in the heart of the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts. Its collection of approximately 50,000 objects and three historic buildings is the repository of Northampton and Connecticut Valley history from the pre-contact era to the present. Historic Northampton constitutes a campus of three contiguous historic houses, all on their original sites. The grounds themselves are part of an original Northampton homelot, laid out in 1654. Isaac Damon House (1813), built by architect Isaac Damon, contains Historic Northampton's administrative offices and a Federal era parlor featuring Damon family furnishings and period artifacts. A modern structure, added in 1987, houses the museum and exhibition area. It features changing exhibits and a permanent installation, A Place Called Paradise: The Making of Northampton, Massachusetts, chronicling Northampton history. Parsons House (1730) affords an overview of Colonial domestic architecture with its interior walls exposed to reveal evolving structural and decorative changes over more than two and a half centuries. Shepherd House (1796) contains artifacts and furnishings from many generations, including exotic souvenirs from the turn-of-the-century travels of Thomas and Edith Shepherd, and reflects one family's changing tastes and values. Shepherd Barn contains exhibits of antique farm implements, vehicles and a working blacksmith shop.

Central Massachusetts

Worcester County Auburn Joseph Stone House – Central Chimney Cape house built c. 1729 35 Stone Street, Auburn. Thaddeus Chapin House on Elmwood Street – Federal-style house built on west side of Pakachoag Hill in what is now Auburn. Grafton Willard House and Clock Museum Shrewsbury General Artemas Ward House Rev. Joseph Sumner House, built in 1797 Worcester Salisbury Mansion – built 1772 Judge Timothy Paine House – House is known as The Oaks (1774) Captain Benjamin Flagg House – Central Chimney Cape house built c. 1717, 136 Plantation Streethttp://www.flagghouse.org

Eastern Massachusetts

Essex County Amesbury Mary Baker Eddy Historic House (Amesbury) – Mary Baker Eddy associations Macy–Colby House (Amesbury) – built 1654 Isaac Morrill House – built 1680 John Greenleaf Whittier Home (Amesbury) – home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier Andover Amos Blanchard House (Andover) – house museum; late Federal period Russell House (Andover) – c. 1805 Beverly John Balch House (Beverly) – one of the oldest surviving timber-framed houses in the United States, built c. 1679 John Cabot House (Beverly) – one of the first brick structures built in Beverly Exercise Conant House (Beverly) (Son of early Cape Ann settler Roger Conant) (Added on to by Reverend John Chipman

John Hale House (Beverly) – c. 1695 Long Hill (Beverly) – Ellery Sedgwick's home and gardens; 1925 Danvers Judge Samuel Holten House (Danvers) – c. 1670 Rebecca Nurse Homestead (Danvers) – hanged for witchcraft, 1692 General Israel Putnam House (Danvers) – c. 1648, birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam Essex Choate House (Essex) – birthplace of Rufus Choate; built c. 1730 Coffin House (Essex) – Colonial house; c. 1678 Gloucester Beauport, Sleeper–McCann House – built in 1907 as a summer house for designer Henry Davis Sleeper Captain Elias Davis House – built in 1804, part of Cape Ann Museum's decorative arts collection. Hammond Castle – home and laboratory of John Hays Hammond Jr.; built 1926–1929 Sargent House Museum – built in 1782, home of writer Judith Sargent Murray and pastor John Murray White–Ellery House – built in 1710 for Reverend John White, owned by the Ellery family for 200 years Ipswich John Heard House (Ipswich) – Western and Asian cultures in an atmosphere of the China trade years; built 1795 John Whipple House (Ipswich) – mid-17th century to the early 18th century Ipswich has hundreds of historic houses, including 57–59 that are classified as First Period. Marblehead Ambrose Gale House - built in 1663 Jeremiah Lee Mansion - built in 1768 Newbury and Newburyport Cushing House Museum and Garden (Newburyport) – home of shipowner John Newmarch Cushing Dole–Little House (Newbury) – c. 1715 of older materials Spencer–Peirce–Little Farm (Newbury) – c. 1675–1700 The Swett–Ilsley House (Newbury) – c. 1670 North Andover The Capt. Timothy Johnson House - c. 1708, First Period Colonial home with historical ties to Indian Raids, the Salem Witch Trials, and The Underground Railroad Salem Andrew–Safford House was built in 1819 Bessie Monroe House was built in 1811 Bowker Place located at144–156 Essex Street and built in 1830 Crowninshield–Bentley House (Salem) – c. 1727–1730 Salem City Hall – Oldest continually run City Hall in America, built in 1837 Cotting–Smith Assembly House Derby House built in 1762 Francis Cox House built in 1846 Gardner–Pingree House (Salem) – 1804–1805 Gedney House (Salem) – c. 1665 Hamilton Hall – A National Historic Landmark located at 9 Chestnut Street and built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Hawkes House – c. 1780, 1800 House of the Seven Gables (Salem) – house from the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel of the same name John Bertram Mansion located in the McIntyre Historic District, High Style Italianate brick and brownstone mansion built in 1855. When John Bertram died in March 1882, his widow donated their home ( The John Bertram Mansion located at 370 Essex Street ) and this became the Salem Public Library. The Salem Public Library opened its doors on July 8, 1889, and is in the National Register of Historic Places. John Bertram Mansion, built in 1818–19 – Located in the Salem Common Historic District and is a home for the elderly John Tucker Daland House (Salem) – 1851–1852 Joseph Fenno House–Woman's Friend Society, 18th Century – Federal architecture Joseph Story House was built in 1811 for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story Joshua Ward House was built in 1784 Joseph Winn Jr. House c. 1843 Narbonne House c. 1675 Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace (Salem) – birthplace of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne; built between 1730 and 1745 Nathaniel Bowditch House (Salem) – home of Nathaniel Bowditch (c. 1805) Pedrick Store House c. 1770 Peirce–Nichols House located at 80 Federal Street, built in 1782 Phillips Library Pickering House (Salem) – c. 1651 Ropes Mansion (Salem) – late 1720s Rufus Choate House is located at 14 Lynde Street and was built in 1787 Salem Athenaeum Shepard Block is a Greek Revival structure was constructed in 1851 and is located at 298-304 Essex Street Stephen Phillips House is located at 34 Chestnut Street – c. 1806 Thomas March Woodbridge House is located at 48 Bridge Street – c. 1809 John P. Peabody House at 15 Summer Street – built in 1867 Salem Old Town Hall 1816–17, Federal Style building. Quaker Meeting House West Cogswell House is a historic set of row houses located at 5–9 Summer Street and built in 1834 William Pike House, 19th Century Witch House (Salem) – c. 1642 – home of Witch Trials Judge Jonathan Corwin William Murray House built in 1688 Yin Yu Tang House, was built around 1800 in China. 200 years after construction the Yin Yu Tang House was disassembled in China, shipped to America and then reassembled inside the Peabody Essex Museum. Swampscott Mary Baker Eddy Historic House (Swampscott) – Mary Baker Eddy home (1865–66) Sir John Humphreys House (Swampscott) – built by first Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Elihu Thomson House (Swampscott) – home of Elihu Thomson General Glover House – 1750s home of General John Glover Elsewhere Boardman House (Saugus) – c. 1687 Brocklebank–Nelson–Beecher House (Georgetown) – c. 1668 Claflin–Richards House (Wenham) – c. 1690 Cogswell's Grant (Essex) – remarkable collectors' house Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home (Lynn) – first home owned by Mary Baker Eddy Jeremiah Lee Mansion (Marblehead) – 1768 The Stevens–Coolidge Place (North Andover) – house museum and garden; late Federal period John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead (Haverhill) – home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier Parson Capen House (Topsfield) – c. 1683

Middlesex County Arlington Jason Russell House (Arlington) – Bloodiest spot in the Battle of Lexington and Concord; built 1740 Fowle-Reed-Wyman House (Arlington) - Oldest house in Arlington; c. 1706 Burlington Wyman House (Burlington) – oldest house in Burlington, built c. 1666 Cambridge Cooper–Frost–Austin House (Cambridge) – oldest house in Cambridge; built c. 1681 Elmwood (Cambridge) – birthplace and home of poet James Russell Lowell; built 1767 Asa Gray House (Cambridge) – designed by Ithiel Town, home of botanist Asa Gray