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powered by FreeFind	MA Nantucket Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association 2 Vestal Street Nantucket MA 02554 Phone 508 228-9198 Web Site http://www.mmo.org/ Description honors first US professional woman astronomer, house, numerous science programs & classes Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Field of Study/Science Facility Astronomy New or Updated: 08/29/2003 MA North Oxford Clara Barton Birthplace 68 Clara Barton Road MAIL: 30 Ennis Road, PO Box 356 North Oxford MA 01537 Phone 508 987-5375 Web Site http://www.bartoncenter.org/birthplace/ Description early childhood home of Red Cross founder, now in a girl's camp Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection A-F Furniture New or Updated: 09/10/2003	Google
	Massachusetts North Weymouth Abigail Adams Historical Society 180 Norton Street North Weymouth MA 02188 Phone 781 335-4205 Web Site http://www.abigailadams.org/ Description birthplace of Abigail Adams, first woman to live in White House as wife of John Adams, and again as mother of John Quincy Adams, depicts early colonial life Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus: Famous People
	MA Pittsfield Herman Melville's Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road Pittsfield MA 01201 Phone 413 442-1793 Web Site www.mobydick.org/ E-mail mailto:info@mobydick.org Description house where Moby Dick and other works were written Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People New or Updated: 4/28/2006
	MA Quincy Dorothy Quincy Homestead 3904 Butler Road Quincy MA 02169 Phone 617 472-5117 Web Site http://www.nscda.org/ma/quincy_homestead.htm Alt Web http://www.scstest.com/quincy/attractions.asp Description John Hancock proposed here Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection A-F Furniture Owner/Operator: NS Colonial Dames of America New or Updated: 1/3/2004
	MA Salem House of the Seven Gables 115 Derby St Salem MA 01970 Phone 978 744-0991 Web Site www.7gables.org/ E-mail mailto:info@7gables.org Description 5 houses including author Nathaniel Hawthorne's birthplace Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People New or Updated: 5/5/2006 MA Sandwich Thornton W Burgess Society Museum 4 Water Street (Route 130) PO Box 972 Sandwich MA 03563 Phone 508 888-4668 Alt Phone 508 888-6870 Web Site http://www.thorntonburgess.org/ E-mail mailto:tburgess@capecod.net Description dedicated to a well known nature oriented writer (1874-1965) Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Famous People Research Library New or Updated: 4/6/2007 MA South Natick Natick Historical Society & Museum Bacon Free Library Building 58 Eliot Street South Natick MA 01760 Phone 508 647-4841 Web Site http://www.natickhistory.com/contactus.html E-mail mailto:info@natickhistory.com Description collection dates to 17th century, memorabilia of many well-known figures who lived there Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Famous People Field of Study Birds Collection N-Z Photographs Group Identity Native American Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 1/15/2004 MA Stockbridge Chesterwood 4 Williamsville Rd PO Box 827 Stockbridge MA 01262 Phone 413 298-3973 Web Site http://www.chesterwood.org/css2003.html Description home and studio of Daniel Chester French, sculptor -- model of Lincoln Memorial, among other works, is on display Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection N-Z Sculpture Owner/Operator: National Trust for Historic Preservation New or Updated: 6/21/2006

	MA Stockbridge Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Road PO Box 183 Stockbridge MA 01262 Phone 413 298-4100 Web Site http://www.nrm.org/ Description largest collection of works by the famed illustrator Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection G-M Illustrations Collection N-Z Paintings New or Updated: 6/23/2006
	Massachusetts Stockbridge Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Road Stockbridge MA 01262 Phone 413 298-4100 Web Site www.mrm.org Description largest collection of works by the famed illustrator Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Famous People Collection G-M Illustrations Collection N-Z Paintings
	MA Stoughton Mary Baker Eddy Historic House 133 Central Street Stoughton MA 02072 Phone 617 278-9000 Web Site http://www.longyear.org/stoughton.html Description home of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy from 1868-1870, BY APPT ONLY Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People New or Updated: 08/29/2003
Search this site	Massachusetts Weymouth Abigail Adams Birthplace North and Norton Streets Weymouth MA 02188 Phone 781 335-4205 Web Site Description birthplace of the woman who was wife of one president and mother of another Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus: Famous People
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