Cogswell’s Grant was the summer home of preeminent collectors of American decorative arts Bertram K. and Nina Flatter Little. In 1937 they purchased a 1728 farmhouse with a 165-acre property overlooking the Essex River . 
After their deaths (1993), the Littles’ left their collection to Historic New England, which opened it to the public in 1998.



Former Shaker village in Hancock, Massachusetts that was established in 1791.