King Caesar House will be open for guided tours on Thursdays and Fridays from 11am-4pm throughout the summer season, beginning on Thursday, June 11. Tours begin on the hour.
- Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $10. Reservations are requested but not required. Please use the link below to reserve a date and time so we know to expect you!
This summer, also enjoy our historic accessories exhibit, Prim and Proper, in the Potter Gallery. Opening in June.
About the House: This Federal mansion was built in 1809 for Ezra and Jerusha Weston. Ezra Weston II, was known as “King Caesar” for his worldwide preeminence as a shipbuilder and merchant. Weston’s enterprise dominated Duxbury in the early 19th century with a large portion of the population employed in the Weston shipyards, farms, wharves, mill, ropewalk, or aboard Weston’s fishing schooners and merchant fleet. Ezra Weston’s ship Hope, built in 1841, was then New England’s largest vessel.
The house is presented for tours as it appeared in the 1820s. The house is noted for its rare French scenic wallpapers, portraits of sea captains, and 19th century furnishings. In the 20th century, the house was the headmaster’s house for the Powder Point School for Boys, and later, was the home of Austrian painter Elisabeth-Weber Fulop. On your visit, stop at Bumpus Park across the street, the remnants of King Caesar’s wharf and today a beautiful, waterfront park.
