Here’s the original building of Deerfield Academy (1798), the prestigious preparatory school in town. It’s now a museum of Pocumtuck Valley life and history. Puritan and Native American artifacts include carved and painted chests, embroidery, musical instruments and glass-plate photographs (1880–1920). Check out the Indian House Door, a dramatic relic from the French and Indian Wars. In February 1704, Native Americans attacked the house of the Sheldon family, hacked a hole through the center of the door and did in the inhabitants with musket fire.
