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Marshall Field was born on a farm in Conway, Massachusetts, [1] the son of John Field IV and Fidelia Nash. His family was descended from Puritans who had come to America as early as 1629. [2] At the age of 17, he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he first worked in a dry goods store alongside his brother Joseph Field. [3]
The primary museum building, known locally as the Marshall House, is a dressed limestone structure located at 140 South Muhlenberg Street. [2] The building was said [by whom?] to have been the temporary home of Clerk of the Circuit Court Thomas Marshall, father of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, as he made his rounds of the Northern Shenandoah Valley's Circuit Courtrooms.
The Marshall family acquired the building from the trustees of Greenwich Hospital in 1832. [10] It became home to the Keswick Museum of Local and Natural History, a creation of the Keswick Literary and Scientific Society, in 1873. [6]
The state park preserves the former home and estate of the Marshall family as well as portions of the family's former mills alongside the Red Clay Creek and additional land purchased by the state. [2] The preserve contains 4 miles (6.4 km) [1] of trails for walking and biking, including a 1.2 mile paved loop. The state owns conservation ...
Starr Family Home State Historic Site is a 3.1-acre (1.3 ha) historical site operated by the Texas Historical Commission in downtown Marshall, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] The museum was made a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1986. [3]
The John Marshall House is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 818 East Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia.It was the home of Chief Justice of the United States and Founding Father John Marshall, who was appointed to the court in 1801 by President John Adams and served for the rest of his life, writing such influential decisions as Marbury v.
Harrison County Historical Museum is a historical museum in Marshall, Texas, dedicated to the history of Harrison County, Texas. The museum features twenty-two rooms of exhibits ranging in topic from the Native American Caddo culture to the history of the HBCU Wiley College. The museum was in the Old Courthouse on Whetstone Square from 1964 ...
The Marshall family resided in the house until 1834, when Philip died and his wife could no longer afford to live in it. In 1882, the property was sold to nearby St. John's Roman Catholic Church for use as a convent for the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters lived in the house and taught in a school that had been built as an addition.