WELCOME TO
“YE OLD UPHAM HOUSE”
THE OLDEST FIRST PERIOD COLONIAL HOUSE IN MELROSE, MA
OUR GOALPreserve, Conserve and Educate |
Upham House 1703
The house was passed on through the generations and Asa Upham, great-grandson of Phineas Upham lived his life there and died on August 20, 1869. He was the last Upham to spend his entire life in the house. |
Upham family SocietyThe Society includes over 200 members of the Upham Family Society (UFS) that are descendants of John Upham who brought his family to Massachusetts Bay Colony from Bicton, England to Massachusetts in 1635. The Upham Family Society Inc. is a 501C(3) Non-Profit charitable organization whose purpose is to preserve, maintain, and restore the only first period colonial home in Melrose, MA , “Ye Old Upham House” at 255 Upham Street. |
Conservation Projects
The Society's ongoing projects include preservation of textiles, artifacts & family history. |