Col. Benjamin Simond House

Col. Benjamin Simond House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Williamstown, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°43′47″N 73°12′20″W / 42.72972°N 73.20556°WCoordinates: 42°43′47″N 73°12′20″W / 42.72972°N 73.20556°W
Built	1770
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP Reference #	83000570 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 1, 1983

The Col. Benjamin Simond House is a historic house at 643 Simonds Road in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The colonial style wood frame house was built in 1770 by Benjamin Simonds, a veteran of the French and Indian Wars, who was one of Williamstown's early settlers.^[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,^[1] and now houses a bed and breakfast.^[3]

Simonds was in the military from his teens until his later years. He served in the French and Indian Wars and American Revolutionary War. At age 19, he was captured by the French at Fort Massachusetts, near North Adams, Massachusetts, and held as a prisoner of war in Quebec City. Many he was captured with died, and of the ones who lived, Simonds was the only captive who returned to the area.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

References

1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Benjamin Simonds House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
3. "River Bend Farm Bed and Breakfast". River Bend Farm B&B. Retrieved 2013-12-06.