Wing Fort House

Wing Fort House 1641

Last Saturday we took a trip down to the Cape Cod area.  My friend Beth had shared a blog about her ancestors.  I noticed it was close to where we were going to go so we made a little side trip to see the Wing Fort House.  This house was built in 1641.  It is recognized as the oldest house in New England which was continuously owned by the same family.  The last resident was Miss Cora Wing in 1942.  She sold it to the Wing Family of America at that time.  The tradition says that the home was built to protect the earliest settlers from the Native Americans.  As it turned out the Indians were found to be friendly, and the town did not need it for protection.  It is now a privately operated museum by the Wing Family of America.  It is open June through September Tuesday through Saturday.

It was easy for us to locate the house and the area around it is beautiful.  I took a few pictures so you could see--especially Beth!

Stephen Wing--Quaker

There are some houses around but a great deal of open spaces surround the actual home

You can easily walk to the Atlantic Ocean
which you can see from their house.

This a part of their land.  Apparently a
 place to meditate.