Nantucket Historical Association to hold Family Adventure Day at Oldest House

COURTESY NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Built in 1686 and also known as the Jethro Coffin House, it is the oldest house on Nantucket that was built as a dwelling and stands on its original site. A structure from the island’s original seventeenth-century English settlement, it was a wedding gift for Jethro Coffin and Mary Gardner. The house was acquired by the NHA in 1923.

COURTESY NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Built in 1686, the Jethro Coffin House is the oldest house on Nantucket that was built as a dwelling and stands on its original site.

NANTUCKET – Families will have a chance to journey into Nantucket’s past this weekend as the Nantucket Historical Society will hold its fifth annual Family Adventure Day.

On Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon, visitors can take an interactive exploration of the Oldest House property on Sunset Hill Lane and learn about colonial lifestyles by making aromatic herb sachets, button buzzer whirligigs and miniature models of the Oldest House.

Attendees can also take tours of the house and the kitchen garden and enjoy summer refreshments.

“Family Adventure Day at the Oldest House is a quintessential family summer program,” said National Historical Association Director of Visitor Experience Marjan Shirzad. “We are delighted to offer this opportunity for visitors of all ages to experience the simple pleasures of summers past at the idyllic Oldest House property.”

The Oldest House, which is also known as the Jethro Coffin House, is the oldest house on the island that was built as a dwelling and remains on its original site.

The home was a wedding gift for Jethro Coffin and Mary Gardner and characterizes Nantucket’s original 17th century English settlement.

The Nantucket Historical Association acquired the home in 1923.

Admission is $5 per child and accompanying adults get in free.



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