This Sunday is the last chance for a few months to visit Watertown’s second oldest standing home, the Edmund Fowle House.
The Historical Society of Watertown will host the last house tours for the season this Sunday June 21 from 1-4 p.m. with the last tour at 3:15 p.m. The next tour is scheduled for Sept. 20, 2026.
At the beginning of the American Revolution, the Fowle House served as headquarters for the executive branch of the Massachusetts government from July, 1775, to September, 1776. The Treaty of Watertown was signed on July 19, 1776, in the Council Chamber on the second floor. This treaty was the first to be signed between the new United States (represented by Massachusetts) and a foreign power (the Mi’kmaq and St. John’s First Nations).
Today, the house serves as the home of the Historical Society of Watertown
For more information: www.HistoricalSocietyofWatertownMA.org.