Hearthside - The House That Love Built

HEARTHSIDE BEGINS MONTHLY OPEN HOUSES

On the second Saturday of each month, the doors to Hearthside will be wide open to invite visitors to tour the house between 1:00-4:00 p.m. The open house is in collaboration with other Great Road historic sites also opening on a once-a-month basis. The Great Road effort is known as “Travel Three Hundred Years in Three Miles.” In addition to the 1810 Hearthside house, the initiative includes these other neighboring Great Road sites: the 1687 Eleazer Arnold House, the 1695 Valentine Whitman House, the1704 Friends Meeting House, the 1870 William Hannaway Blacksmith Shop, as well as the Wilbur Kelly House in Quinville. The Kelly House is open 7 days a week from May through October and the Hannaway Shop is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. – noon for demonstrations and classes. While there is no charge for the tours, donations are strongly encouraged.

The objective in opening the sites is to promote the historical significance of this area by generating greater visibility of the Great Road Historic District. It endeavors to provide visitors with an understanding of the links between the different sites and their value in the development of the area. By visiting the Great Road Historic District, one can explore the evolution of Lincoln from a few frontier homesteads to an industrial and agricultural community to the present day. Great Road was built in 1683 as the major thoroughfare on the west side of the Blackstone River, and was the major transportation route between Providence and Mendon, Massachusetts.

The schedule for the monthly openings, which begin in July, is:

1st Saturday 1-4 p.m. Valentine Whitman House
2nd Saturday 1-4 p.m. Hearthside
3rd Saturday 1-4 p.m. Friends Meeting House
4th Saturday 1-4 p.m. Eleazer Arnold House

Call Hearthside at 726-0597 and leave a message for any further information; your call will be returned within 48 hours.

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