On on way to Vermont, we took a side trip to Historic Deerfield, which consists of a 330 year old, mile long street situated along the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Within this setting stand 11 historic house museums. Don’t worry, we only included some of them in this post!
This is the fifth meeting house (ca 1824) of the First Church of Greenfield, which was founded in 1688. The doors were locked so we could not see the interior.
Ashley House is the 1734 home of Deerfield’s 18th century minister, with furnishings of the Connecticut River elite and English ceramics. I liked the traditional multi-pane windows.
Williams House is a ca 1730 house extensively renovated in 1817. The house features Federal style furnishings and decorations. Cathy knocking on the door to see if anyone was home.
The side yard…
Sheldon House was built in 1754-5 and is interpreted to the period of 1780 to 1810.
Some miscellaneous homes and/or buildings…
Cathy relaxing at the Deerfield Inn. There was no room at the Inn…
When you have a 330 year old town, the trees used in original landscaping get rather large…
A unique weathervane, on the home of a knife maker/sharpener!
We stopped at the bookstore, there were books on sale but we did not pick up any this time…
Our motor home, parked WAY down the tree-lined street…
We spent a few minutes chasing a baby bird that we thought fell out of his nest in one of the old barns. When we caught it, Cathy found a chair for me to stand on while I put it back in the nest. There were three more babies in the nest but when I got my camera to take their picture, they all flew out. I felt kind of foolish for spending the time trying to “rescue” a bird that could already fly! That little bugger probably was egging me on.
Travelling with the Schinglers 