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List of historic houses in Massachusetts
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Historic houses in Massachusetts is a link page for any stately home or historic house in Massachusetts.
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Western MA
- 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
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
- 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
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