The Jabez Howland house is located at Sandwich and Water Street and was built by Jacob Mitchell in 1666. It was acquired the next year by Jabez Howland, son of John & Elizabeth Tilley Howland.

The original house consisted of the two rooms to the right of the door. Later owners added the left side in 1750, with the rear rooms later. The Pilgrim John Howland Society purchased it in 1912 and restored it two years later.

2. HARLOW OLD FORT HOUSE

Sergeant William Harlow built the Harlow House in 1677 from timber granted him when the fort on Burial Hill was dismantled after King Philip's War. Here the household arts of Plymouth Colony--Spinning, Weaving, candlemaking, etc. are demonstrated. The house is on Sandwich Street across from the fire station.

3. ANTIQUARIAN HOUSE

The Antiquarian House is located on Water Street facing the wharf. A sea captain built it on Court Street in 1809. In 1921 when it was threatened with demolition, the Plymouth Antiquarian Society moved it to its present site.

It is distinguished by its delicate proportions and interesting octagonal rooms. Its outstanding collection of 19th century costumes, the Lowestoft, Canton, and Staffordshire wares in its china closets, and the dolls and toys in its nursery tell of a well-to-do 19th century Plymouth.

4. SPARROW HOUSE

The Richard Sparrow House was built on Summer Street in about 1640. It is probably the oldest house now standing in Plymouth. A fine example of 17th century construction, it shows clearly how it was enlarged a few years after it was built from a house which had a single room on the ground floor with a single chamber over it to the salt-box type. Some of the 17th century shingles can still be seen. The original fireplace with rounded corners and the oven are remarkable. The garden slopes down to Town Brook. The tradition of local crafts continues in the house under the supervision of a potter

5. FIRST HOUSE AND MAYFLOWER II

A Common House for the general use of the colony was the first to be built. It sheltered the men working on shore and their supplies as they were unloaded. It served as a hospital for the sick. Until the fort was built in 1622, the community assembled here for worship and public business.

The Mayflower II is a full scale reproduction of the type of ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620. Based on research into ships of the period and tonnage computations of the day, she is a copy of a typical English merchant vessel from the 17th Century.

The Ship was built in England from plans developed by naval architect William A. Baker. In 1957 she sailed across the Atlantic to her berth at State Pier on the Plymouth waterfront.

Along side the Mayflower II, is a shallop, a full scale replica of the type of work boat the Pilgrims used.  When the original Mayflower anchored off Provincetown, the Pilgrims wed the shallop in the explorations that finally brought them to Plymouth. Later it served for their fishing and trading voyages.

The Mayflower II is owned and operated by Plimouth Plantation and is open to the public from April to November