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VAF-NE Field Trips
1997-present
Field trips are at the core of the VAF experience, introducing members to the fieldwork that is so important to the VAF approach to historic buildings and landscapes. Sites are chosen to emphasize well-understood buildings and each trip visit is lead by an expert on that building.
| 2023 | |
| 22-July |
Early Building on the Piscataqua, Portsmouth, NH and Eliot, ME; The Sherburne House at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH; The Macpheadris-Warner House, Portsmouth, NH; Frost House & Garrisons, Eliot, ME |
| 17-Sept |
"The World In One Square Mile": Cultural Landscapes Of Central Falls, RI |
| 2021-2022 | No tours |
| 2020 | |
| 16-Oct | A Virtual Live Tour of the Tobias Lear House with Master Restoration Carpenter John Schnitzler |
| 2019 | |
| 19-Oct | Vermont: Meetinghouse to Church; Rockingham, Windsor, and Strafford, Vermont; Rockingham Meeting House, Rockingham, VT; Old South Church, Windsor, VT; Senator Justin S. Morrill State Historic Site and Strafford Town House, Strafford, VT |
| 8-June | Mill to Mansion: The Stone Mill and Aldworth Manor: Harrisville, NH |
| 2018 | |
| 7/8-Apr | Martha’s Vineyard: Vincent House, Edgartown, MA; Hancock-Mitchell House and Quansoo Farm, Chilmark, MA; Christian Town Burial Ground and Mayhew Chapel, Vineyard Haven, MA; Wesleyan Grove, Oak Bluffs, MA; Marine Hospital, Vineyard Haven, MA |
| 28-Apr | Hancock Mansion door Restoration, North Bennet Street School, Historic New England Library and Archives, and Ladder Blocks, Boston, MA |
| 27-Oct | Kensington, NH: Congregational Church, Town Hall, Union Meetinghouse, Hilliard-Prescott House, Kensington Social Library, Christian Meetinghouse/Grange, North School, and Weare House |
| 2017 | |
| 30-Sep | Ponemah Mills and Village of Taftville, Norwich, CT; Montville Casino Chinatown and Wells Dinosaur Haven, Montville, CT |
| 2016 | |
| 23-Apr | Thomas Lee House, Niantic, CT; Stanton-Davis House, Stonington, CT; and Babcock-Smith House, Westerly, RI |
| 11-Jun | Portland Company, Portland, ME; Fifth Maine and Eighth Maine Memorial Regiment buildings, Peaks Island, Portland, ME |
| 17-Sept | St. Mary Catholic Church, Salmon Falls Village, and Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Rollinsford, NH; Damm Garrison, Woodman Museum, Dover, NH |
| 15-Oct | Etsey Organ Company Museum, Esteyville Neighborhood, and Brattleboro Retreat Farm, Brattleboro, VT |
| 2015 | |
| 9-May | Grady Techbuilt House and 4 Peacock Farm Road, Peacock Farm Neighborhood, Lexington, MA; Conantum Neighborhood, Concord, MA |
| 17-Oct | Houghton House, Harvard, MA; First Church of Christ, Lancaster, MA |
| 2014 | |
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| 13-Sep | Samuel E. Perry Grist Mill, Perryville, RI; Samuel Perry House and Stanton-Tucker House, Matunuck, RI |
| 27-Sep | Ann & Ranulf Gras House, Ruth Langdon Wales House, Lincoln, MA; Edward Bailey Deck House, Conantum Walking Tour, Concord, MA |
| 2013 |
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| 11-May | Jones Farm, Plummer Homestead, New Hampshire Farm Museum, Milton, NH |
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2013 -Sep |
Two-day tour of Maine Meeting Houses (link) |
| 26-Oct | Tour of South Shore Joiners Shops (PDF) |
| 2012 | |
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| 5-May | Exeter, NH: Fogg-Rollins House; Gilman-Garrison House; Phillips-Exeter Academy Library |
| 16-Aug | North Easton, MA: Ames Shovelworks Buildings |
| 23-Sep | Boston, MA: Beacon Hill North Slope (African Meeting House; Black Heritage Walking Tour; Tenement Walking Tour; Vilna Shul) |
| 13-Oct | Newport, RI: White Horse Tavern; Dayton-Jones House; Vernon House |
| 2011 | |
| 8-Jun | Deerfield, MA: Barnard Tavern; Dr. Thomas Williams House; Hawks House |
| 23-Jul | Hingham, MA: Old Ship Meeting House; Old Ordinary |
| 10-Sep | Portsmouth, NH: Strawbery Banke Museum; Discover Portsmouth |
| 29-Oct | Concord/Carlisle, MA: Robbins House; Colonel James Barrett House; Asa Parlin House |
| 2010 | |
| 2-Oct | Harvard Shaker Village, Harvard MA |
| 20-Nov | Angell House #1, Angell House #2, and Smith-Appleby House, Smithfield RI |
| 2009 | |
| 20-Jun | Josiah Day House, Springfield MA; Thomas Smith House, Feeding Hills/Agawam MA; and Moore House, Southwick MA |
| 12-Sep | Cooper-Frost-Austin House and Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, Cambridge MA |
| 2008 | |
| 28-June | White-Ellery House and Barn, Saunders House, and Sargent House, Gloucester MA |
| 4-Oct | Smithfield Exchange Bank/Waterman Tavern Ell, Rev. Resolved Waterman-James Winsor House, Capt. Andrew Waterman-Jesse Foster House, and Dr. Ruben Mason House, Smithfield/Chepachet RI |
| 2007 | |
| 12-May | Davenport Estate, Milton MA |
| 2-Jun | Joseph Webb House, Silas Deane House, and Buttolph-Williams House, Wethersfield CT |
| 29-Sep | Rockingham Meetinghouse, Rockingham, VT; and Stoddard-Goodenough House, West Brattleboro, VT |
| 2006 | |
| 8-Apr | Architecture and Society on New London's State Street, New London CT |
| 3-Jun | Perkins-Richardson House, Brookline MA |
| 15-Jul | Wheeler-Minot House and Col. James Barrett House, Concord MA |
| 16-Sep | Strong House, Hezekiah Chaffee House, and Hezekiah Chaffee Jr. House, Windsor CT |
| 2005 | |
| 28-May | Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, Newbury MA |
| 11-Jun | Robbins House |
| 10-Sep | Mark Twain House and Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford CT |
| 15-Oct | Captain Thomas Paine House, Jamestown RI; and Almy-Cory House, Prescott Farm, Middletown RI |
| 2004 | |
| 10-Apr | North Bennet Street School, Boston MA; and Shirley Eustic House, Roxbury MA |
| 26-Jun | Ramsdell House, Old Gaol, and Emerson-Wilcox House, York ME |
| 11-Sep | Col. John Ashley House, Gen. John Ashley House, and Capt. John Fellows House, Sheffield MA |
| 2003 | |
| 12-Apr | John Quincy Adam Birthplace, John Adams Birthplace, and Quincy Homestead, Quincy MA |
| 17-May | Mill Village, Harrisville NH |
| 12-Jul | Fairbanks House and First Parish Church, Dedham MA |
| 6-Sep | Burtch-Udall-Boyd House, Hartford VT; and Maple Hill Farm, Norwich VT |
| 2002 | |
| 27-Apr | Jones Tavern, Jones-Faulkner Homestead, and Jonathan and Simon Hosmer House, Acton MA |
| 22-Jun | Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting, Oak Bluffs MA |
| 19-Oct | Capen House, Milton MA; and Pierce House, Dorchester MA |
| 9-Nov | Old Ship Meetinghouse, Hingham MA; and Friends Meetinghouse, Pembroke MA |
| 2001 | |
| 30-Jun | Daniels House, Rutland MA |
| 18-Aug | Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain MA; and Quincy House, Quincy MA |
| 8-Sep | Pelham Meetinghouse, Pelham MA; and New Salem Meetinghouse and New Salem Academy, New Salem MA |
| 2000 | |
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No field trips because of upcoming national meeting, Narragansett Basin. |
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| 1999 | |
| 1-May | The Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens, Amherst MA |
| 10-Jul | Warner House and Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth NH |
| 7-Aug | DeWolf Wharf and Warehouse; Byron Diman Countinghouse, Warehouse, and Store; William R. Taylor's Store/Ship Chandlery; and Bristol County Courthouse, Bristol RI |
| 25-Sep | Sheldon-Hawkes House and Moors-Ball House, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield MA |
| 30-Oct | Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead MA |
| 19-Nov | Yin Yu Tang House, Peabody Essex Museum |
| 1998 | |
| 20-Jun | Crowninshield-Bentley House, Salem MA |
| 18-Jul | Salisbury Mansion, Worcester MA and Ward House, Shrewsbury, MA |
| 12-Sep | Porter-Phelps-Huntington House, Hadley MA |
| 1-Nov | Cogswell's Grant, Essex MA |
| 1997 |
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| 13-Sep | Governor Samuel Huntington House and Waldo House, Scotland CT |
| 25-Oct | Caryl House, Dover MA and Dwight-Dover House, Medfield MA |
| 22-Nov | Walker House, East Providence RI and Fisher-Richardson House, Mansfield MA |