Colonel Ashley Historic House

117 Cooper Hill Road
Ashley Falls, MA, 01222
413-298-3239

URL : http://www.thetrustees.org/ashleyhouse.cfm

overview : Built in 1735, the oldest house in Berkshire County, the Colonel John Ashley House was the site of the first drafting of the Sheffield Declaration, a petition against British tyrrany, and the home to slave Mumbet, the first slave to successfully sue for freedom under the Massachusetts Constitution.

collections : Antique furniture, tools and a significant collection of redware.

hours (subject to change) : Tours offered weekends and Monday holidays, Memorial Day through Columbus Day.

topics : 18th century history, history, general, 18th, century, American, ceramics, furniture, revolutionary, war