Colonial Houses Links

Spring Home Tour includes vintage Colonial houses

Understated elegance is found in the tastefully appointed Colonial home that will welcome visitors to the La Canada High School 7/8 PTA Spring Home Tour on May 4. Hours for the event are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Parker Tavern Colonial Faire: Just like olde times

The Reading Antiquarian Society hosted a Colonial Faire at the Parker Tavern, the oldest standing building in town, for the third time in five years, with Col. Bailey’s 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, a reenactment group, helping to bring visitors back to the Revolutionary War era.

Postcard from Canton: Houses and gardens of Colonial Heights open for view Saturday

Tour Saturday highlights homes and gardens from Canton's Colonial Heights neighborhood.

Colonial-era cemetery faces landmarks hearing

Beneath a thick carpet of greenery along 182nd St. in Fresh Meadows hides a vital piece of Queens history. Preservationists and civic leaders are more worried than ever that it could be lost.

Needham developers buck teardown trend by renovating old houses

The lemon-colored house sits on Linden Street a few blocks from Needham Center. The 1,800 square foot colonial house, built in 1914, could have easily been torn down and rebuilt in a larger and pricier incarnation.