Visit Historic New England for free on June 7

Ten of
the North Shore’s finest historic properties are open free to the public on
Saturday, June 7, 2014 when Historic New England hosts a region-wide open
house.

Travel
along the Massachusetts North Shore and experience over three hundred years of
history at Historic New England’s properties. Explore some of New England’s
earliest architecture in Saugus, visit with farm animals in Newbury, and check
out a 1924 Pierce Arrow touring car tucked into a carriage house on the
prettiest street in Salem.

Travel
to Cape Ann to visit Beauport, the seaside summer home of one of America’s
first interior designers and Cogswell’s Grant with its celebrated collection of
folk art. Tour times vary. Please visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org for
hours and addresses to plan your trip around the North Shore sites.

Historic
New England house museums on the North Shore offering free tours on June 7,
2014:

·        
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, 1907

·        
Boardman House, Saugus, 1692

·        
Coffin House, Newbury, 1678

·        
Cogswell’s Grant, Essex, 1728

·        
Dole-Little House, Newbury, c. 1715

·        
Gedney House, Salem, 1665

·        
Phillips House, Salem, 1821

·        
Rocky Hill Meeting House, Amesbury, 1785

·        
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury, 1690

·        
Swett-Ilsley House, Newbury, c. 1670