The Parsonage on the Green

A Very Special Bed and Breakfast

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The Parsonage on the Green is located in the downtown historic section of the Village of Lee, MA. It is situated on the village green, immediately adjacent to the First Congregational Church. The church is one of the most beautiful and historic buildings in the area and boasts the tallest wooden steeple in New England (some say in all the USA). The Parsonage on the Green was, in fact, the Parsonage for the church until the 1970's when the church sold the property. The Parsonage on the Green, b uilt in 1851, is a three storied modified center-hall Colonial. It sits on a 0.6 acre lot nestled amid the towering evergreens and maples.

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The downstairs public rooms include a large parlor with fireplace and piano, a library with white lace curtains and burgundy victorian swag bay window, maple floor with walnut trim. TV/VCR, board games and puzzles, cards and a game table are located in the library, as well as books and literature. Pamphlets and brochures describing the area's attractions are provided.

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On the side of the building facing the church is a long, covered porch which is available for guest use. Comfortable wicker chairs and sofa make this a pleasant spot for afternoon tea or just for relaxing.

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A wide stairway in the front hallway leads to spacious upstairs hall with wide floorboards and several antiques. Early morning coffee is made available on a mahogany commode located in this hallway.

Our Guest Accommodations

The three guest bedrooms are named for people involved in the American Revolution. They are located on the second floor. Each of these bedrooms has a private bath.

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Charles Lee Room - Laura Ashley blue and white floral wallpaper, coordinating blue, white and yellow comforters and puff pillow shams, blue swags and white lace curtains adorn the bay window with its window seat decorated with pillows and a china vase. The queen size bed with 2 lamps on the wall above for reading and the bureau are matching from 1920's. Queen Anne wingback blue chair with floor lamp next to it is in one corner. In the other corner is a European trunk with iron brackets, original olive paint, late 18th century. A red-wool dress hand crocheted in the 1930's for innkeeper Barbara is framed and hangs with framed portraits of the innkeeper's daughters wearing the dress. An antique doll bed (acorn finials, circa 1880's) holds innkeeper Barbara's dolls from the 1930's. The wide pine floors are covered with a blue and white throw rug.

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Abigail Adams Room - Four poster queen size cherry bed with white crocheted coverlet over rose comforter, with rose swags over floral draperies. A floor lamp with Victorian shade behind the bed provides light for reading in bed. On top of the Sheraton cherry bureau, circa 1880's, is a colonial style mirror. From the late Federal period is a grain-painted pine wardrobe on top of which are old hat boxes. Floral slip-covered easy chair with a wall lamp next to it provides reading area. The wide pine floors are covered with a room-size rose-hooked rug.

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Deborah Sampson Room - Laura Ashley pink wallpaper with matching floral valances and comforter and pillow shams on high back Victorian Oak queen size bed, circa 1890. Mahogany bureau, circa 1920's, has matching chairs, one rocking and one straight. On top of the bureau is 1930's bakelite vanity set, and a brush and hand mirror needle-point under glass from early 1910's. The mahogany china closet has a doll collection that includes Madame Alexander dolls. A child's dress, purchased in Austria in the 1930's for innkeeper Barbara, is framed along with three framed photos of the dress being worn by the innkeeper and her two daughters. The wide pine floors are covered with large rag rugs made by the Mennonites in Indiana.

For More Information Please Contact Us At:

20 Park Place Lee, Massachusetts 01238 USA Phone: (413)243-4364

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Email: parsonage@berkshire.net

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