Trustees reopen William Cullen Bryant Homestead in Cummington for tours
CUMMINGTON — The Trustees of Reservations will reopen the William Cullen Bryant Homestead for tours this summer for the first time since 2019.
The tour, 'Literary Legacy: A Guided Tour of the William Cullen Bryant Homestead,' will be offered at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on June 28, July 19, Aug. 16, and Sept. 28.
The tours require prior registration and tickets. Tickets are $5 for Trustees of Reservations' members and $10 for nonmembers. To become a member, go to thetrustees.org/jointoday.
The property, at 207 Bryant Road, was the country estate of the prominent 19th century poet, journalist and conservationist William Cullen Bryant.
Bryant, editor and publisher of the New York Evening Post, returned every summer to the homestead starting in 1865 until his death in 1878.
Visitors also can walk the trails on the 195-acre property, including the Rivulet Trail, which hugs the Rivulet, a trickling stream immortalized by Bryant's 1823 poem of the same name. The property also features the Pine Loop, with pine trees that reach the heights of 150 feet, among the tallest in the Northeast.
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