List of historic houses in Massachusetts
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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.
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