“Mary, take me to the window. I wish to say goodbye.” - Winifred Sanderson
“Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye to all of it!” Well, just for a few months. Visitor services at
@saugusironworks are scheduled to close on October 30th, but they’ll be back in 2023! Stop by the next two weekends for tours of the 17th-century Iron Works House and the replica iron works. The museum is open 10-4, Wednesday through Sunday.
With the archeological site of the seventeenth-century iron-making plant, the museum collection, the seventeenth-century Iron Works House, and the reconstructed iron works complex, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site illustrates the critical role of iron making to seventeenth-century settlement and its legacy in shaping the early history of the nation.
Image 1: Fall colors on display viewed from inside the diamond pane windows of the Iron Works House. NPS/Emily Murphy
Image2: A pumpkin in front of the Iron Works House, the only structure at Saugus Iron Works that survives fro...