Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden
A merchant house connects Revolution, trade, enslavement, and a terraced garden
Artwork inspired by Benjamin Champney
A merchant house connects Revolution, trade, enslavement, and a terraced garden. Original furnishings, family archives, shipping wealth, household labor, and a 1763 house complicate the familiar patriotic story. Rather than relying on one headline feature, the experience gains depth from the contrast among 1763 house, warehouse records, and terraced garden.
Use the guided tour to follow money and labor through the rooms, then read the garden as designed status. Tours are seasonal and involve historic stairs; garden-only access may follow different hours. Visitors who include terraced garden gain a fuller sense of place than those who stop after seeing only 1763 house.
- Built
- 1763
- Signer
- William Whipple
- Garden
- Colonial Revival
Quick guide
- Start with
- Use the guided tour to follow money and labor through the rooms, then read the garden as designed status.
- Look closely at
- Compare warehouse records with terraced garden; their relationship explains more than either feature does alone.
Know before you go
- Start with
- Use the guided tour to follow money and labor through the rooms, then read the garden as designed status.
- Look closely at
- Compare warehouse records with terraced garden; their relationship explains more than either feature does alone.
- Connect the story
- Original furnishings, family archives, shipping wealth, household labor, and a 1763 house complicate the familiar patriotic story.
- Plan around
- Review hours, admission, parking, and access together before planning Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden; each addresses a different practical constraint.
Good to know
Tours are seasonal and involve historic stairs; garden-only access may follow different hours. Confirm the current schedule and access conditions before setting out.
Notice these
- 1763 house
- warehouse records
- terraced garden