The Storrs House was built in 1786 by Richard Salter Storrs, the second pastor of the First Church of Christ in Longmeadow. Three generations of the Storrs family lived in the house until 1907 when the property was left for a library. The house was moved to its...

Wistariahurst Museum, originally the home of prominent silk manufacturer, William Skinner and his family, has stood as an example of elegance and fine architecture since 1874. The buildings and grounds were owned continually by the Skinner family until 1959, when...

The luxurious lifestyle enjoyed by two wealthy eighteenth-century Connecticut Valley families - until their fortunes collapsed - is displayed in the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden. The house is furnished with outstanding eighteenth-century Connecticut furniture and...

A strong and independent woman, Martha A. Parsons was recognized professionally in the predominantly male world of business at the turn of the century. She traveled extensively, invested her considerable wealth shrewdly and remained active in civic and church...

It was in beautiful, historic Suffield that Dr. Alexander King built his home in 1764 on what has become one of New England's most admired Main Streets. Dr. King was a prominent leader of the local community, as well as a farmer and physician. His fine Georgian...

In 1812, Jacob Thompson, a young lawyer in Holland, MA, decided to move his growing family to Monson. He purchased a 100 acre parcel of land just north of the Meeting House from Joel Norcross, one of his clients & immediately started building this Georgian style home.

The Nellie E. McKnight Museum, formerly owned by the McKnight family, was built in 1812 in the Federalist style by the Sexton family. It has eight rooms and originally had seven fireplaces. Purchased by Howard McKnight (Nellie's father) on December 22, 1922, it...

The Belchertown Historical Association was founded during March 1903, “for the preservation and exhibition of articles of historic interest on account of age or association with the past history of the town.” The Stone House became the BHA's showcase in 1922....

Oliver Ellsworth Homestead was the home of the American lawyer and politician Oliver Ellsworth from 1782 to 1807. The house is in Windsor, Connecticut. Ellsworth (1745–1807) helped draft the United States Constitution, served as the third Chief Justice of the...

Walk across the historic Palisado Green to Hezekiah Chaffee’s impressive brick mansion house. Explore the work of a pre-revolutionary doctor (and the life of his patients) in this rare 18th-century doctor’s office where historic medical instruments are on view....