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1776: The Towns Where It Happened

Professionally managed homes in Revolutionary War towns whose own listing names the battlefield, historic district, or landmark, gathered for the 250th.

Adam Norko

Curator

One test: the manager's own listing names the Revolutionary War site or district, in its own words. Not a ranking.

2026 is the United States semiquincentennial. America250 and the state commissions run events through 2026 and beyond, with Trenton's 250th on December 26, 2026, Saratoga's in the fall of 2027, and Yorktown's in October 2031. This club is for people who want to sleep in the town where it happened, not in a hotel on the interstate. Every home is on a professional manager's own booking site, and the listing itself names the site: Minute Man, the Liberty Bell, Valley Forge, Washington Crossing, Saratoga, Fort Moultrie, Historic Camden, Kings Mountain, Guilford Courthouse, the Bennington Battle Monument, Fort Ticonderoga, the Maryland State House, Gadsby's Tavern, Duke of Gloucester Street.

Eighteen homes from seven managers across fifteen sites in ten states. Each links to the manager; you book with them.

Browse here18 homes, 7 management companies, one reason to be on the same page.

Book with the managerEvery link goes to the company's own booking site. Prices, photos, and availability live there.

Or send your dates"Check dates" forwards your dates and party size to the manager and opens their page.

The homes

Lexington and Concord

April 19, 1775. The 250th was April 19, 2025; the park's Battle Road programs run every April.Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Lincoln and Lexington, MAEvent site

The home is in Bedford, the next town over; Bedford's militia marched to the North Bridge.

Evolve

Summer Street Retreat, 3 Miles to Minute Man

Bedford, MA · Evolve

Sleeps 53 BR

Listing: 3 miles to Minute Man National Historical Park; the historic Lexington Battle Green or the Concord Museum.

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Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Philadelphia, Independence Hall

July 4, 1776. July 4, 2026 was the semiquincentennial day.Independence National Historical Park, Old City, Philadelphia, PAEvent site

Evolve

Historic Home with Garden, Walk to Center City

Philadelphia, PA · Evolve

Sleeps 42 BR

Listing: less than a mile to the Liberty Bell.

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Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Valley Forge and the Philadelphia campaign

Brandywine September 11, 1777; Germantown October 4, 1777; the Valley Forge encampment begins December 19, 1777. The 250ths fall in 2027.Valley Forge National Historical Park, King of Prussia, PAEvent site

Evolve

King of Prussia Home with Two Game Rooms

King of Prussia, PA · Evolve

Sleeps 42 BR

Listing: visit the historic trails at Valley Forge National Historical Park; Museum of the American Revolution 20 miles.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Trenton and Princeton, Washington's Crossing

The crossing and Trenton, December 25 to 26, 1776, 250th on December 26, 2026; Princeton, January 3, 1777, 250th on January 3, 2027.Washington Crossing Historic Park, PA, across the river from Titusville, NJEvent site

The annual crossing reenactment is December 25.

Evolve

Barn-Like Studio Suite with Flowering Garden

Titusville, NJ · Evolve

Sleeps 2Studio

Listing: on the Island in Titusville overlooking the Delaware; Washington Crossing Historic Park 1.1 miles.

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Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown

Yorktown surrender October 19, 1781, 250th on October 19, 2031. Yorktown Day is observed every October 19.Colonial National Historical Park and Colonial Williamsburg, VAEvent site

VA250 keeps a York County page.

Colonial Williamsburg Resorts

Orlando Jones House

Williamsburg, VA · Colonial Williamsburg Resorts

Sleeps 84 BR

Site: a whole Colonial House on Duke of Gloucester Street inside the Historic Area, once owned by Orlando Jones, grandfather of Martha Washington; run by the Foundation's own lodging arm.

See the home

Found on Colonial Williamsburg Resorts's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Evolve

Home 5 Miles to Colonial Parkway

Williamsburg, VA · Evolve

Sleeps 63 BR

Listing: Colonial Williamsburg 4.5 miles, Jamestown 11.4 miles, Yorktown 18.2 miles, the American Revolution Museum 17.8 miles.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Saratoga

Freeman's Farm September 19 and Bemis Heights October 7, 1777; surrender October 17. Saratoga 250 is September and October 2027.Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater and Schuylerville, NYEvent site

Evolve

Saratoga Springs Rental with Lake Views

Saratoga Springs, NY · Evolve

Sleeps 83 BR

Listing: Saratoga National Historical Park 6 miles; Saratoga Lake walking distance.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Charleston and Fort Moultrie

Battle of Sullivan's Island June 28, 1776, Carolina Day, 250th on June 28, 2026. Charleston fell May 12, 1780.Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, and the Charleston Historic District, SCEvent site

SC250 publishes itineraries at southcarolina250.com.

StayDuvet

Preview from StayDuvet's listing

Dianna Brown's Place, Historic District

Charleston, SC · StayDuvet

Sleeps 42 BR

Listing: in downtown Charleston's historic French Quarter, the oldest section of downtown; permit number shown.

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Found on StayDuvet's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Evolve

Mount Pleasant Home, 5 Miles to the Beach

Mount Pleasant, SC · Evolve

Sleeps 105 BR

Listing: Fort Moultrie National Historical Park 7 miles; Fort Sumter 5 miles.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Savannah

Siege of Savannah, assault on the Spring Hill redoubt, October 9, 1779. 250th on October 9, 2029.Battlefield Memorial Park and the Savannah Landmark Historic District, GAEvent site

Lucky Savannah

Three Sisters House

Savannah, GA · Lucky Savannah

Sleeps 83 BR

Listing: a circa 1890 home in the heart of the Landmark Historic District, on Oglethorpe Avenue.

See the home

Found on Lucky Savannah's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Southern Belle Vacation Rentals

Preview from Southern Belle Vacation Rentals's listing

Drayton Escape

Savannah, GA · Southern Belle Vacation Rentals

Sleeps 41 BR

Listing: first on any itinerary should be the Savannah Historic District; in the heart of it.

See the home

Found on Southern Belle Vacation Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Camden

Battle of Camden August 16, 1780; Hobkirk Hill April 25, 1781. 250ths in 2030 and 2031.Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, Camden, SCEvent site

Evolve

Camden Home Near the Revolutionary War Museums

Camden, SC · Evolve

Sleeps 84 BR

Listing: 3 miles to Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Kings Mountain and Cowpens

Kings Mountain October 7, 1780, 250th on October 7, 2030; Cowpens January 17, 1781, 250th on January 17, 2031.Kings Mountain National Military Park, Blacksburg SC, and Cowpens National Battlefield, Chesnee SCEvent site

The home is in Grover, NC, the town at the park's north gate.

Evolve

Charming Home in Grover

Grover, NC · Evolve

Sleeps 42 BR

Listing: explore Kings Mountain National Military Park, 7 miles.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Guilford Courthouse

March 15, 1781. 250th on March 15, 2031.Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, NCEvent site

Vacasa

Preview from Vacasa's listing

Bright Greensboro Escape, 1 Mile to Downtown

Greensboro, NC · Vacasa

Sleeps 53 BR

Listing: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park 5.1 miles; Greensboro History Museum 0.7 miles.

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Found on Vacasa's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Bennington

Battle of Bennington August 16, 1777. Bennington Battle Day is a Vermont state holiday; 250th on August 16, 2027.Bennington Battle Monument, Vermont State Historic Site, Bennington, VTEvent site

Evolve

Retreat in Bennington, Under a Mile to the Historic District

Bennington, VT · Evolve

Sleeps 41 BR

Listing: 1 mile to the Bennington Battle Monument; walk to the Bennington Museum.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Fort Ticonderoga

Captured May 10, 1775; the 250th was May 10, 2025. Burgoyne retook it July 6, 1777.Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, NYEvent site

The fort is a private nonprofit, not NPS.

Evolve

Charming Ticonderoga Home, Walk to Downtown

Ticonderoga, NY · Evolve

Sleeps 63 BR

Listing: Fort Ticonderoga 3 miles; King's Garden 4 miles.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Annapolis, Maryland State House

Washington resigned his commission December 23, 1783; the Treaty of Paris was ratified January 14, 1784.Maryland State House, Colonial Annapolis Historic District, Annapolis, MDEvent site

Casago Annapolis

Preview from Casago Annapolis's listing

The Corner Courtyard

Annapolis, MD · Casago Annapolis

Sleeps 63 BR

Listing: in the Historic District of downtown Annapolis, two blocks from the Maryland State House; permit shown.

See the home

Found on Casago Annapolis's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Alexandria and Mount Vernon

No single battle date. Gadsby's Tavern hosted Washington's birthnight balls; Mount Vernon is 8 miles south.Old Town Alexandria, VA (Gadsby's Tavern Museum, Carlyle House)Event site

Evolve

Old Town Alexandria Home, Under a Mile to the Waterfront

Alexandria, VA · Evolve

Sleeps 62 BR

Listing: Gadsby's Tavern Museum 0.5 miles, Carlyle House Historic Park 0.6 miles.

See the home

Found on Evolve's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Found and not used

The failure list first: Boston and Charlestown (Bunker Hill), Newport, Moores Creek, Yorktown proper, Jamestown, Cowpens, and Fredericksburg produced no professionally managed listing on a manager's own site that names the history. Then near misses and the commission pages.

Boston and Charlestown: Evolve and Vacasa searches return Revere, Malden and Milton homes naming Faneuil Hall or the Freedom Trail; nothing in Boston or Charlestown names Bunker Hill. Boston's short-term rental rules explain it., Boston, MA: source, checked September 2026
Newport: Stay Newport listings describe 1870 downtown homes but name no Revolutionary site; Warner Realty Group's 12 Sherman Street names Historic Hill but is a summer lease by inquiry, not a nightly booking page., Newport, RI: source, checked September 2026
Yorktown proper: Evolve's Yorktown search returns Gloucester Point, Hayes and Poquoson; the nearest pass is a Hayes cottage across the York River naming Yorktown Battlefield. Cowpens: Evolve's Gaffney search names Kings Mountain only. Moores Creek: 20 Wilmington listings, none names the battlefield., Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina: source, checked September 2026
Local managers checked home by home with no site named: Track Rental, Saratoga Springs (8 homes); Guesthouse Charleston (20 homes); Island Realty, Sullivan's Island (area page mentions Fort Moultrie, the two listings do not). Casago Annapolis, Robin's Nest (historic charm, no district named)., various: source, checked September 2026
Lucky Savannah, Rainbow Row at Washington Square (qualifies, National Landmark Historic District; not used). Sosuite at The Loxley, Philadelphia (Old City apartment-hotel naming Independence Hall; not a single home)., Savannah, GA and Philadelphia, PA: source, checked September 2026
Evolve and Vacasa carry the same inventory in several of these towns (identical text for Saratoga, Greensboro, Philadelphia homes); each property is listed once., multiple: source, checked September 2026
America250 (calendar only, no lodging or itinerary page). SC250 (the one state commission publishing travel itineraries and a Revolutionary Road Trip). VA250 (places to visit, no lodging list). America250PA (travel page, events and podcasts, no lodging list). NPS American Revolution subject page (authority for park URLs)., national and state commissions: source, checked September 2026