Strong House (Amherst History Museum) (c. 1744)

67 Amity Street

One of the oldest standing houses in Amherst, this historic home was build by Hannah and Nehemiah Strong and was later used by their son Simeon, a Tory during the revolution. Poet Eugene Field wrote one of his first poems about his dog Dooley and the Strong House, in which the Emersons lived at the time:

O, had I wings like a dove I would fly,
Away from this world of fleas;
I'd fly all around Miss Emerson's yard,
And light on Miss Emerson's trees.

Now owned and maintained by the Amherst Historical Society (which was founded by Mabel Loomis Todd in 1899), the house functions as a museum and is open to the public on a seasonal basis. For more information, call 256-0678.

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