Edmund Fowle House

As the second oldest surviving house in Watertown, the building housed the executive branch of the Massachusetts government from July 1775 to September 1776. In its second-floor Council Chamber, officials signed the Treaty of Watertown on July 19, 1776—the first treaty signed between the new States and a foreign power, negotiated with the Mi'kmaq and St. John's First Nations. Today, the house serves as the home of the Historical Society of Watertown, founded by Dr. Alfred Hosmer, Rev. Edward Rand, and Library Director Solon Whitney.