Now a renowned museum, the General Artemas Ward House is a beautiful historic property. The property of this house at Shrewsbury also includes a four levels barn, which is popular as the largest structure of New England. This former home, is now open to the public by the Harvard University as a museum that contains it's beauty and preserves. The house is visible to the tourists for a few hours during summers.
The Knowlton Hat Factory, built in 1872, became the largest women’s hat factory in the world, turning a local handicraft into a profitable industry. The factory, occupying an area of 52 acres (21.04 hectares), continued with business till the mid 1970s. Today, the Hat Factory is being used for housing, while much of the worker village still remains. The factory was added to the National Historic Register in 1982.
