2026 Sudbury Witness House Tour

In celebration of America250, the Sudbury Historical Society (SHS) will proudly present the Sudbury Witness House Tour on Saturday, May 2nd! Experience some of the oldest homes in Sudbury that witnessed 1776: the momentous year of the ratification of the United States Declaration of Independence and one that recalls the town spirit in Sudbury through its famous 01776 zip code.

The Sudbury Witness House Tour will begin at the first stop: the Loring Parsonage. The home was built for Reverend Israel Loring (1682-1772), stood through the American Revolution, and is now the home of the Sudbury History Center and Museum. There, attendees will receive their tour booklet and begin their journey to a group of impressive Witness Houses—homes that have been in Sudbury since 1776 or earlier—that are now private residences for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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The Witness Houses in Sudbury

On April 19th, 1775, a messenger reached Sudbury between 3 am and 4 am bringing news that British Regulars had left Boston the evening before and were headed westward, presumably to Concord where military supplies were garrisoned. Each Sudbury contingent heeded the call and over 300 men marched from Sudbury to Concord and the American Revolution began. Sometime after July 16th in 1776, the Reverend Jacob Bigelow read the newly inked Declaration of Independence in the Meeting House.

In 1776 there were over 300 homes in Sudbury (which included what is now Wayland and Maynard). Thirty-four of the homes are still standing in Sudbury today, witnesses to Sudbury's role in the founding of America.

• Jacob Bigelow Parsonage, built 1773 (250 Old Sudbury Road)
• Daniel Bowker House, built 1730 (199 Mossman Road)
• Moses Brewer House, built circa 1720 (88 Concord Road)
• Hopestill Brown House, built circa 1775 (155 Woodside Road)
• Israel How Brown House, built 1725 (71 Concord Road)
• John Brown House, built circa 1775 (79 Nobscot Road)
• Isaac Butterfield House, built 1765 (173 Water Row, moved to Sudbury from Westmoreland, NH)
• Crocker Farm, built circa 1750 (46 Wolbach Road)
• Dakin Farm, built 1732 (123 Dakin Road)
• Jonathan Fairbank House, built circa 1725 (95 Peakham Road)
• John Goodnow House, built circa 1770 (175 Landham Road)
• Green Hill Farm, built circa 1730 (4 King Philip Road)
• Daniel Greenwood House, built circa 1730 (208 Old Sudbury Road, moved to Sudbury from Millbury)
• Ebenezer Hager House, built circa 1730 (850 Boston Post Road, moved to Sudbury from Marlborough)
• Haynes Farmhouse, built 1770 (177 Haynes Road)
• David Haynes House, built 1770 (275 Morse Road)
• Reuben Haynes House, built circa 1750 (196 North Road)
• Hunt Homestead, built circa 1750 (80 Raymond Road)
• Elisha Hunt House, built circa 1750 (112 Pelham Island Road)
• Samuel Jones House, built circa 1750 (136 Lincoln Road)
• Israel Loring Parsonage, built circa 1730 (288 Old Sudbury Road)
• Maynard Farm, built circa 1775 (125 Powers Road)
• Curtis Moore House, built circa 1750 (286 Old Lancaster Road)
• Daniel Woodward Moore House, built circa 1757 (96 Moore Road)
• Isaac Osborn Farm, built circa 1730 (150 Concord Road,
• Edward Parmenter House, built circa 1750 (306 Lincoln Road)
• Thomas Smith House, built circa 1750 (16 Rice Road)
• Nahum Thompson House, built 1750 (284 North Road)
• Rocky Plain House, built 1723 (269 Concord Road)
• Taylor Place, built circa 1750 (237 Hudson Road)
• Twin Ash Farm, built circa 1772 (452 Concord Road)
• Wayside Inn, built 1683 (72 Wayside Inn Road)
• Samuel Willis House, built 1704 (Sudbury)
• Abraham Woods House, built circa 1720 (348 Boston Post Road)

Interested in becoming a Sudbury Witness House Tour sponsor? Contact us at info@sudbury01776.org