Headquarters House

The Headquarters House on Boston's Beacon Street is a historic house museum set in the western half of a four-story double house built around 1806. The Federal-style building, whose facade is defined by a columned porch, has changed very little on the outside. It is named for the historian William Hickling Prescott, who lived there until his death. Since 1944, the house has served as a museum and as the headquarters of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Here you can experience the authentically preserved architecture and the historical significance of a site protected as a National Historic Landmark.