Fireplace + relaxation = lowered blood pressure and good for your health! The soothing, soporific effects of sitting by an open fire during the depths of winter have long been established. Now it seems the very idea of a log fire helps to lower blood pressure. A study published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, says: … Read More
The Best Things to See and Do Near Greenfield, MA
Deerfield's Massachusetts Travel Blog
Give Thanks Before Thanksgiving
Thanks to guests who have booked rooms to the left and right for a couple of days, but not in the middle, we have rooms orphaned betwixt and between and anxious to accommodate you! With rates as low as $133 from 16-25 November, we offer friendly quiet, cozy comfort, afternoon tea and cookies by the … Read More
Between Horse and Car
As you perhaps know, the inn opened its doors in July 1884 with all sorts of drama in the Valley – a plague of locusts, a drought, but visitors came and stayed nevertheless. It seems that business was so promising that George Arms, a local builder, was invited the next year to extend the property … Read More
Deerfield’s Civil War Soldier
Here’s another story about the history that is Deerfield: We have on the village green by the well one of the first Civil War monuments in the state. The beautifully carved 6’ statue of brown freestone cost the then tremendous sum of $4,000 and was dedicated on September 4th, 1867. The Mass Department of Veterans … Read More
It’s All About the Stories in Historic Deerfield!
This village of Old Deerfield is really a special place, imbued and breathing its past into our present. In 1799, Asa Stebbins built the first brick house in Franklin County, and kept careful record of what he bought and where it was placed when he furnished his new home. The museum of Historic Deerfield owns … Read More
Visit Deerfield’s Arts & Crafts Movement!
Did you know that the Arts & Crafts Movement was really significant in Deerfield and its history? From the last quarter of the nineteenth century in particular, women in Deerfield, both permanent residents and summer visitors, were drawn into the arts and crafts movement, many of them looking for a way to express themselves in … Read More
Free Fun Friday!
The Highland Street Foundation has enabled 67 museums and cultural venues to be visited with no admission charge on every Friday throughout the summer. Under their generous auspices, Historic Deerfield and Memorial Hall museums will be open absolutely free to all-comers on Friday, August 15th! From 9:30-4:30, visitors will have the opportunity to experience everything … Read More
Summer Fairs & Fun in Western Massachusetts
After the seemingly endless, brutal winter, we and our visitors are more ready for summer shorts and Chacos than ever before. Luckily there are loads of fun summer events around here in Western Massachusetts, from various town fairs to the Eastern States Exposition. Thank you to masslive.com for the useful listing below. There is a … Read More