The farmhouse and visitor center at Waters Farm, saturated with color from the setting autumn sun.

Genealogy

While walking through the Waters Farm main house, visitors will find themselves being watched over by portraits: Nathan, strong and handsome; Dorothea as a young woman with beautifully coiffed hair; Grandmother Ulva in her lovely blouse and pearls. The rooms are filled with the treasures and everyday objects accumulated through six generations of one family living in the same house. Each of those objects and portraits has a story to tell. The Waters family members were accomplished musicians, legislators, inventors, advocates for human rights, well-educated and respected. They were farmers, housewives, storekeepers, soldiers, and peddlers, and the fabric of their lives is woven throughout the story of the Blackstone Valley.

Stephen Waters signature on an 18th century document
Stephen Waters
Historic photograph of an early 20th century upper middle class woman.
Ulva Waters
An older man wearing early 20th century clothing
Walter Waters
A row of trees with leaves turning orange.
John Waters
A well-dressed gentleman with a long beard wearing late 19th century clothing.
Jason Waters
A young woman with an early 20th century hairstyle.
Dorothea Waters Moran
Black-and-white photograph of a distinguished older man from the mid 19th century.
Nathan Waters
A row of trees with leaves turning orange.
Lucy Waters Phelps