Western MA Berkshire County, Massachusetts The Mission House (Stockbridge) - the first missionary to the Mohegan Indians in Stockbridge; built in 1739 Hampshire County, Massachusetts Emily Dickinson Home (Amherst) - home of Emily Dickinson Eastern MA Essex County The House of Seven Gables (Salem) - house from the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel of the same name The Balch House (Beverly) - one of the oldest surviving wood-frame houses in the United States, built circa 1636 Middlesex County Hancock-Clarke House (Lexington) - home of the Reverend John Hancock (grandfather of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence) and the Reverend Jonas Clarke; built between 1698 and 1738 The Old Manse (Concord) - built by Ralph Waldo Emerson's grandfather; Emerson and Nathanial Hawthorn wrote some of their work in the house; built in 1770 Orchard House (Concord) - home of Louisa May Alcott; the novel Little Women was written here Norfolk County Adams National Historic Site (Quincy) - birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams The Fairbanks House (Dedham) - North America's oldest surviving timber-frame house; built circa 1636 Suffolk County Paul Revere House (Boston) - built in 1680 Southeastern MA Bristol County Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum (New Bedford) - home of William Rotch Jr, a whaling merchant; built in 1834 Plymouth County Alden House Historic Site (Duxbury) - built by the Pilgrim John Alden; built in 1653 The Jabez Howland House (Plymouth) - home of Mayflower passenger John Howland; built in 1667 Richard Sparrow House (Plymouth) - oldest house in Plymouth; owned by the Sparrow family, who arrived Plymouth in 1633; the house was built circa 1640 Cape Cod and the islands Jethro Coffin House (Nantucket) - oldest house in Nantucket; built circa 1686 The Vincent House (Martha's Vineyard) - oldest house in Martha's Vineyard; built circa 1672