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Historic New England

Historic New England Historic New England is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation.

We preserve and share centuries of New England heritage through historic properties, collections, archives, education programs, and more. We preserve and share four centuries of New England heritage through historic properties, collections, archives, education programs, and historic preservation services.

Historic New England operates thirty-eight historic properties open to the public. Open hours and prices vary, so please visit http://www.historicnewengland.org. Many of our properties also have their own pages, which we invite you to follow.

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Join us next Tuesday, December 6, at 6 pm for a virtual celebration with the winners of this year's Historic New England...
12/01/2022

Join us next Tuesday, December 6, at 6 pm for a virtual celebration with the winners of this year's Historic New England Book Prize and Prize for Collecting Works on Paper, who will share insights on their books and collections.

The 2022 Book Prize winner is Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them by Joseph M. Bagley. This year’s Honor Books are Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories by Pamela A. Parmal, Jennifer M. Swope, and Lauren D. Whitley, and Urban Archipelago: An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands by Pavla Šimková.

The 2022 Prize for Collecting Works on Paper is awarded to Kalimah Redd Knight, president of the League of Women for Community Service, Inc., Boston, and the League of Women for Community Service, Inc., for their work serving as a cultural repository for the archives and objects of the Black community and to Margaret L. Winslow, curator of Historical Collections & Archives at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for her work managing and developing the cemetery’s collections of records and objects and providing greater public access to them.

Register for free: https://my.historicnewengland.org/16414/night-of-prizes

This Giving Tuesday help us preserve and share New England's extraordinary history for future generations. Historic New ...
11/29/2022

This Giving Tuesday help us preserve and share New England's extraordinary history for future generations. Historic New England provides an unparalleled resource for learning and discovery through its museums, coastal farms, landscapes, and collections. With your help, we are reaching higher to achieve a more inclusive, sustainable, and innovative future.

Your donation to the Historic New England Fund supports our greatest needs – vital preservation projects, exciting historical research, education and public programs, and so much more.

Please consider donating today to help preserve the past so we can build a brighter future together.

DONATE: https://my.historicnewengland.org/donate/q/annual-fund

There’s still time to celebrate Cyber Monday with Historic New England by purchasing gift memberships for your family an...
11/29/2022

There’s still time to celebrate Cyber Monday with Historic New England by purchasing gift memberships for your family and friends. Give the gift of new and exciting experiences for a full year including:

• Tours of thirty-eight beautiful historic sites that span centuries and tell the full New England story
• Exciting and educational events for all ages, including behind-the-scenes experiences, performances, virtual programs, painting workshops, festivals, plant sales, and so much more
• Articles on new discoveries across the region and more in Historic New England magazine
• Member exclusive programming, including tours of our nationally significant collections

And when you give a gift membership this holiday season, we'll also send your gift recipient a four-pack of notecards with beautiful images of our historic sites that capture the seasonal charm of New England.

Give a gift membership: bit.ly/HNEgiftmemberships

Shop local and give a year full of experiences with Historic New England this Cyber Monday. Our gift memberships are an ...
11/28/2022

Shop local and give a year full of experiences with Historic New England this Cyber Monday. Our gift memberships are an all-access pass to new adventures and exciting discoveries including:

• Tours of thirty-eight beautiful historic sites that span centuries and tell the full New England story
• Exciting and educational events for all ages, including behind-the-scenes experiences, performances, virtual programs, painting workshops, festivals, plant sales, and so much more
• Articles on new discoveries across the region and more in Historic New England magazine
• Member exclusive programming, including tours of our nationally significant collections

Give a gift membership: bit.ly/HNEgiftmemberships

Check out Historic New England’s Gropius House in The Arts Fuse! Gropius House is open Saturdays and Sundays throughout ...
11/27/2022

Check out Historic New England’s Gropius House in The Arts Fuse! Gropius House is open Saturdays and Sundays throughout the winter season. To book a tour, visit https://bit.ly/GropiusHouse. Come explore the modernist marvel that Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius designed as his family’s home, now a National Historic Landmark.

bit.ly/HNEVisualArtsReview

Are you looking for fun and festive family activities to celebrate this wonderful time of the year? Historic New England...
11/26/2022

Are you looking for fun and festive family activities to celebrate this wonderful time of the year? Historic New England offers holiday events, house tours, gift ideas, and winter landscapes to explore. Discover more at bit.ly/HNEholidays

This Thanksgiving we are truly grateful for the support we receive from our dedicated and passionate members, donors, vo...
11/24/2022

This Thanksgiving we are truly grateful for the support we receive from our dedicated and passionate members, donors, volunteers, and friends whose generosity propels our work to save and share the full New England experience.

From all of us at Historic New England, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving and look forward to what we can accomplish together in the year to come.

Photo: Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House. Photo by David Bohl

Historic New England extends our thanks to Mass Humanities for the recent $20,000 grant through the Expand Massachusetts...
11/23/2022

Historic New England extends our thanks to Mass Humanities for the recent $20,000 grant through the Expand Massachusetts Stories initiative to support Teaching the Full Dorchester Story.

This grant funds the hiring of a researcher dedicated to deepening the stories we share at Pierce House by uncovering information on marginalized people connected to the site. These findings will support the design and delivery of a new and expanded course of study at the site for grades K-12 that tells a more authentic and inclusive story of Massachusetts’ early history. Teaching the Full Dorchester Story also provides students a more complete understanding of colonial and Revolution era life while encouraging them to examine their own relationships to these histories.

Read more about this exciting project: bit.ly/HNEmasshumanitiesgrant

Join us Tuesday, December 6, at 6 pm for a virtual celebration with the winners of this year's Historic New England Book...
11/23/2022

Join us Tuesday, December 6, at 6 pm for a virtual celebration with the winners of this year's Historic New England Book Prize and Prize for Collecting Works on Paper, who will share insights on their books and collections.

The 2022 Book Prize winner is Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them by Joseph M. Bagley. This year’s Honor Books are Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories by Pamela A. Parmal, Jennifer M. Swope, and Lauren D. Whitley, and Urban Archipelago: An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands by Pavla Šimková.

The 2022 Prize for Collecting Works on Paper is awarded to Kalimah Redd Knight, president of the League of Women for Community Service, Inc., Boston, and the League of Women for Community Service, Inc., for their work serving as a cultural repository for the archives and objects of the Black community and to Margaret L. Winslow, curator of Historical Collections & Archives at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for her work managing and developing the cemetery’s collections of records and objects and providing greater public access to them.

Register for free: https://my.historicnewengland.org/16414/night-of-prizes

Looking for a holiday gift that keeps on giving? Give the gift of exploring New England!A Historic New England gift memb...
11/21/2022

Looking for a holiday gift that keeps on giving? Give the gift of exploring New England!

A Historic New England gift membership will inspire new experiences for a full year! With thirty-eight historic sites to tour and exciting events happening throughout the year, there are always opportunities to make new discoveries about our region and create lasting memories with friends and family.

Shop now: https://bit.ly/HNEgiftmemberships

Tune in to News 12 Connecticut tonight at 7 pm or Saturday at 10:30 am for their segment, “On a Positive Note” where Jor...
11/18/2022

Tune in to News 12 Connecticut tonight at 7 pm or Saturday at 10:30 am for their segment, “On a Positive Note” where Jordan Kissane will be talking about Historic New England and the Edward F. Ge**er Urban Preservation Fund.

This grant was recently awarded to Mary Allison Waggener of Bridgeport, Connecticut, for extensive restoration of her home, Greynook, which was built in 1895 and was referred to in Scientific American as “…a design most exquisitely executed.”

Learn more: https://bit.ly/HNEgerberfund

We’re excited to share that the inaugural Historic New England Edward F. Ge**er Urban Preservation Fund grant has been a...
11/17/2022

We’re excited to share that the inaugural Historic New England Edward F. Ge**er Urban Preservation Fund grant has been awarded to Mary Allison Waggener of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Ms. Waggener is undertaking an extensive restoration of her home, Greynook, which was built in 1895 and was referred to in Scientific American as “…a design most exquisitely executed.” The grant helps to fund repair of elaborate cast iron porch railings and wood porch doors, both of which are integral components of the house’s prominent street-facing elevation.

With this work, Greynook will remain a vital and visible part of the Marina Park Historic District, where local community groups such as the Mary & Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community are working to illuminate the historic value of Bridgeport’s South End.

Learn more: bit.ly/HNEgerberfund

“While house museums are a real treat for history and architecture buffs like myself, they’re also a one-of-a-kind adven...
11/16/2022
Why Visiting Your Local House Museum Is the Ultimate Staycation Activity

“While house museums are a real treat for history and architecture buffs like myself, they’re also a one-of-a-kind adventure for the uninitiated.” - Madeline Bilis Apartment Therapy

Visit HistoricNewEngland.org for more info on our historic sites.

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/visit-local-house-museums-37176990

On my happiest days, I am awkwardly hunching over to stretch a pair of blue shoe covers over my New Balances. I’m positively thrilled at the idea of walking through a home that people lived in 300 years ago. As I try not to fall or lean on any of the historical furniture around me, I’m also cham...

Enjoy the festivities and shopping this weekend at Holiday Pop-Up Markets at two Historic New England locations. Each ma...
11/16/2022

Enjoy the festivities and shopping this weekend at Holiday Pop-Up Markets at two Historic New England locations. Each market will feature a variety of local artisans selling unique, quality-crafted gift items.

Holiday Market at the Eustis Estate
Saturday, November 19, 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m.
Eustis Estate, 1424 Canton Avenue, Milton, Mass.

Casey Farm Pop-Up Holiday Market
Saturday, November 19, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Casey Farm, 2325 Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, R.I.

https://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/events/?keyword=market

Congratulations to Bruce Blanchard, Historic New England’s preservation manager, who was just honored by Portsmouth Advo...
11/14/2022

Congratulations to Bruce Blanchard, Historic New England’s preservation manager, who was just honored by Portsmouth Advocates in NH as a 2022 Arthur J. Gerrier Award recipient.

The Gerrier Award is bestowed in recognition of “a personal commitment to preserving and enhancing the unique historical character of Portsmouth.” The award announcement states that Blanchard’s work “preserving Portsmouth’s architectural heritage exemplifies this criteria.”

Blanchard has worked on projects at most of Historic New England’s thirty-eight historic properties across the region. In the past few years he has been in charge of managing preservation work at the properties in the Piscataqua region of NH and ME. His work has included projects as varied as clapboard and plaster repair, restoring and reinstalling garden fixtures, exterior painting, and fence restoration.
Congratulations, Bruce!

Join Historic New England staff for an exclusive look inside our artifact and library and archives collections storage. ...
11/09/2022

Join Historic New England staff for an exclusive look inside our artifact and library and archives collections storage. See some of our favorite paintings, needlework, costume, ceramics, furniture, and archival documents. Go inside the newly renovated, state-of-the-art storage pod that houses our extensive decorative arts collection.

Please note: This is a member-exclusive event. Not a member? Join today at historicnewengland.org!

Pre-registration required; Tickets limited; Members $15.
Register online: https://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/events/?keyword=tour

November 9 marks the 150th anniversary of the devastating fire that destroyed 65 acres of land Boston. The fire was said...
11/08/2022
Inferno! The Great Boston Fire of 1872

November 9 marks the 150th anniversary of the devastating fire that destroyed 65 acres of land Boston. The fire was said to have destroyed 776 buildings in the city’s downtown, causing over $73,000,000 in damage, which equates to $1,682,000,000 in 2022 dollars. The fire killed an estimated twenty people and led to stricter building regulations in Boston.

Join us for a virtual event on Nov. 9 as historian and author Anthony M. Sammarco gives a captivating retelling of one of Boston's most cataclysmic catastrophes. Learn more and register online: https://my.historicnewengland.org/13846/16256

November 9, 2022

Thinking of celebrating your wedding with a small group of your nearest and dearest? Historic New England can help. For ...
11/08/2022

Thinking of celebrating your wedding with a small group of your nearest and dearest? Historic New England can help. For just $895 we provide micro-wedding opportunities at two beautiful Massachusetts locations—the Eustis Estate in Milton and the Lyman Estate in Waltham. Visit our website to learn more about these perfect backdrops for your special ceremony.

Learn more: https://www.historicnewengland.org/micro-wedding-locations-for-your-winter-wedding-2/

11/05/2022

For National Ask A Conservator Day, Michaela talks with us about the process our paintings go through before going out on loan to another museum.

11/04/2022

Today is National Ask A Conservator Day! In this quick video, Karen shows us how she examines, tests, and plans to repair this terracotta mythical figure. Follow us for more videos, tips, and tricks as we celebrate Ask a Conservator Day!

Karen Bishop is the Mellon Conservation Fellow at Historic New England. She specializes in the treatment of furniture and other wooden artifacts but enjoys working on a variety of materials. She earned her MA in objects conservation from Buffalo State College in 2019, and prior to her fellowship at Historic New England, she spent a year in the Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation lab at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA.

Friday, November 4 is National Ask A Conservator Day! Here’s an example of what our conservators do here at Historic New...
11/03/2022

Friday, November 4 is National Ask A Conservator Day! Here’s an example of what our conservators do here at Historic New England.

REASON FOR TREATMENT:
- Detached sunflower head
- Tarnished
- Build up of old polishing residue

WHAT OUR CONSERVATORS DID:
- Removed old, built up polishing compound from low points of brass with a fine point
- Polished brass to remove tarnish and reveal warm color and luster
- Coated brass to prevent tarnishing and lessen need for polishing
- Removed old adhesive from failed repair and reattached sunflower head
- Cleaned and coated cast iron body with black wax

Do you have questions about this process or how to care for your own items? Post your questions in the comments below, and Michaela and Karen will answer them on Friday at Noon!

11/01/2022

This Friday, November 4, is National Ask a Conservator Day. Conservators care for our historic collections items such as furniture and decor. Want to know how they do it? Do you have items you'd like to know how to care for?

Post your questions in the comments below, and Michaela and Karen will answer them on Friday at Noon!

Here’s another spooky item for the Halloween season! This sample gravestone dated 1787 is in the folk art collection at ...
10/31/2022

Here’s another spooky item for the Halloween season! This sample gravestone dated 1787 is in the folk art collection at Cogswell’s Grant in Essex, MA, but originally came from a house in Freeport, ME. The slate is attributed to Noah Pratt, Jr., and is a sample that he presumably used to show prospective clients his stone carving skills. On the stone are three faces, numbers, lower and uppercase letters, and multiple borders. Stone carving ran in his family - his dad, two brothers, and son all were carvers. Pratt’s work can be seen on various stones in and around Freeport, including in the Old Parish Burying Ground. The stones he carved are often referred to as “portrait stones.” Though not true portraits of the deceased, they did have more human-like features than the more common winged cherub motif.

Happy Halloween! This jack-o-lantern in our collection is made from metal with stamped out eyes, nose, and mouth. There ...
10/31/2022

Happy Halloween! This jack-o-lantern in our collection is made from metal with stamped out eyes, nose, and mouth. There is even a partially melted candle inside! It’s dated 1875-1910 and definitely puts us all in the spooky spirit.

In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a photograph from our library and archives of embalmers taken at Dr. Barnes School of...
10/31/2022

In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a photograph from our library and archives of embalmers taken at Dr. Barnes School of Embalming held in the warerooms of Lockhart Branch National Casket Company in Boston, MA, on November 11-14, 1907.

Fun fact: The 1860s was a turning point for modern embalming in the United States. Though still rudimentary at that time, people became more accepting of the practice as well-known figures began to be embalmed and it allowed for fallen soldiers of the Civil War to be brought home and buried.

Happy Halloween! Today we’ll be sharing some of our favorite macabre collection items. Up first is this painted wood wit...
10/31/2022

Happy Halloween! Today we’ll be sharing some of our favorite macabre collection items. Up first is this painted wood witch figurine. It dates from ca. 1900-1930 and is located at Historic New England’s Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, in Gloucester, MA.

The Casey Farm Market has two weekends left! Stop by today or next Saturday to support local farmers and shop for specia...
10/22/2022

The Casey Farm Market has two weekends left! Stop by today or next Saturday to support local farmers and shop for specialty products including pasture-fed meats, locally raised fish, baked goods, artisan crafts, and Casey Farm’s own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Named “one of the five best farmers markets in New England” by Yankee Magazine.

Saturdays through October 29, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Casey Farm, 2325 Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, R.I.

10/21/2022
Loud, Naked & in Three Colors: the History of Tattooing in Boston at Eustis Estate | Historic New England

There are only a few days left to catch “Loud, Naked & in Three Colors: the History of Tattooing in Boston.” This exhibit is on view through October 30, 2022, at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts.

Visit out website to learn more and plan a visit: https://www.historicnewengland.org/loud-naked-in-three-colors-the-history-of-tattooing-in-boston-at-eustis-estate

Historic New England explores tattooing - an art form once banned in Boston, but today is seen as a creative mode of self-expression

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December 9 at 7:30pm at Historic New England's Lyman Estate: "A Holiday Toast" includes childhood favorites like "Christmas Time is Here" from A Charlie Brown Christmas—but you'll hear a tune from another beloved holiday cartoon that our friends in the U.S. might be less familiar with. The 1983 Ukrainian claymation film Padal Proshlogodniy Sneg (Last Year's Snow Was Falling) tells the madcap tale of a man sent to find the perfect New Year's tree. On his way through the forest, the man is distracted from his mission by a series of absurd events and surreal transformations. Sheffield co-founder and violist Alexander Vavilov tells us, "this is one of THE top favorite New Year cartoons for me, and a mega-hit still immensely popular in Ukraine. Celebrating the New Year without watching it at least thrice was unthinkable!"

Check out this short compilation of the most iconic phrase—"That's too little!"—uttered by the greedy man throughout the film.
Last night screening of the film with Historic New England at the Lyman Estate
Thank you Dr. Xena Alqahtani for a rich discussion afterwards.
Enjoy this excerpt from Corelli's "Christmas Concerto," recorded live at last year's "A Holiday Toast," and join us on Friday, December 9 at 7:30pm at Historic New England’s Lyman Estate for what is fast becoming a beloved Sheffield tradition. Tickets are selling fast, so get yours today! https://www.sheffieldchamberplayers.org/holiday-toast-2022

A joyous program spanning the centuries, "A Holiday Toast" offers peaceful moments of contemplation as well as celebratory numbers sure to get your toes tapping. Along with Corelli's "Christmas Concerto" and other favorites from past holiday concerts, each player will share music that brings them joy during the holidays, including traditional Danish, Irish, and Ukrainian tunes, childhood favorites from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," musical expressions of winter by Vivaldi and Piazzola, and more!
We are EXCITED for this upcoming Christmas in Salem weekend!

We are also excited for support of our advertisers including some Salem institutions. Salem State University, Peabody Essex Museum, Brookhouse Home, Salem Witch Museum and Historic New England. Thank you for your support!

You can get your Christmas in Salem tickets at pre-sale prices until midnight tonight.

www.christmasinsalem.org

(Photo taken by Creative Salem at 2017 tour)
A taste of events at Peabody Essex Museum and Historic New England this December!
We’re so fortunate to be partners with an incredible array of New England’s most gorgeous event venues. Though we could never choose a favorite, here’s a glimpse of five fabulous venues we’ve had the pleasure of working with recently. If you know which gorgeous venues these are, tell us in the comments! ⤵️ To find out why we love them (and see beautiful photos galore), click the link below!
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SoWa Power Station
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
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Photography:
Kataram Studios
Zac Wolf
Eric Magnussen
Jill Person Photography

Luis Zepeda photography

Yours Truly Media
Allegro Photography

Event Planners:
Nicole Guilmartin Events
National Association for Catering and Events - Boston
Abi Prodigee Events
Upon A Star Events

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Historic New England's Phillips House has some exciting news from the North Pole! Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting Phillips House in Salem on December 17th. More information and reservations can be found here:
On Thanksgiving we posted Medford-born abolitionist Lydia Maria Child's often-misquoted poem about that holiday, and yesterday's post included a review of her new biography by scholar Lydia Moland and a planned book talk this coming week.

This remarkable evening star patterned cradle quilt, believed to have been sewn by Child and sold at an anti-slavery Christmas fair in Boston, is part of Historic New England's extensive textile collection. More photos at www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/capobject/?gusn=10459.

"The January 2, 1837, issue of The Liberator, Boston's abolitionist newspaper, described articles that had been for sale at a recent Anti-Slavery Fair. Included was a description of this quilt, 'made of patchwork in small stars' and a transcription of the poem in its center. The Anti-Slavery Fair, held in December 1836, was the third annual fair organized by the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, a group founded early in the 1830s to fight for immediate emancipation. Among this group's many activities was the organization of annual Anti-Slavery Fairs. The fairs were intended to raise awareness of the abolitionists' cause, but they also became astonishingly successful fund-raisers."

The hand-inked poem in the center square reads:

Mother! when around your child
You clasp your arms in love,
And when with grateful joy you raise
Your eyes to God above,-
Think of the negro mother, when
Her child is torn away,
Sold for a little slave - oh then
For that poor mother pray!

Finally, this fascinating short blog post describes the quilt's wealthy white abolitionist purchaser and his family's continued anti-slavery activism: https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-cradle-quilts-journey.html
Join us on December 9 at 7:30pm for "A Holiday Toast" at Historic New England's Lyman Estate!
Returning for a second year in the Lyman Estate ballroom, "A Holiday Toast" offers peaceful moments of contemplation as well as celebratory numbers sure to get your toes tapping.

Alongside seasonal gems like Corelli’s "Christmas Concerto" and Vivaldi’s "Winter," the players share music that brings them joy each winter, including traditional Danish, Irish, and Ukrainian tunes, and childhood favorites from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and a beloved 1983 New Year claymation film from Ukraine.

Join us on December 9 at 7:30pm at Historic New England's Lyman Estate for "A Holiday Toast!"
Join Matthew Wittmann, Curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection for a virtual look at the history of drag performance in the United States. 👑👏✨

This program is co-sponsored by Historic New England and tickets are available at: https://my.historicnewengland.org/16414/am-drag. See you on December 7th!

Thinking about the holidays? This range is perfect for preparing a Thanksgiving feast!

The Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co. #6 brick-set range was made in Boston in 1879 and remains in its original location in the kitchen of the Eustis Mansion in Milton, MA. This range was ready to prepare any size meal with two ovens, six burners, a roasting tray, and a warming cabinet above the ovens.

Eustis Estate is a spectacular English Queen Anne style house with amazing Aesthetic Movement interiors. It is owned by Historic New England and is architect William R. Emerson's only house open to the public. It will be decorated for a Victorian Christmas and open for tours in December.

I was part of the historic paint analysis team to restore the interior finishes. The work we did is described in "Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners," including before and after photos!

Signed and personalized copies of the award-winning and bestselling 720-page hardcover book are available from the author at YourHistoricHouse.com/shop/ and through the shop on this page.

Our shop also carries select preservation and restoration titles by other authors, including "A Field Guide to American Houses" by Virginia McAlester.

"Restoring Your Historic House is also available in bookstores nationwide and from online retailers.

Eustis Estate Historic New England
Historic New England's Gropius House, Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm & Eustis Estate have some really cool events coming up. To see a complete list of events check out their website --> https://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/events/.

So normally today would be Shoreline Saturday. But a week from today I’ll be back at the Eustis Estate in Milton Ma for the Historic New England Holiday Market, my second to last market of the 2022 season. So I thought it fun to revisit a photo I took of the Eustis Estate after the market last year concluded. Can’t wait for next Saturday!

More information about the market can be found on my page!
Photo: Eustis Estate, Milton Ma. November 20th, 2021.
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