Held each Saturday morning year-round, the farmers' market has been held at the Market Square plaza for over 260 years. In fact, Old Town Farmers' Market is the oldest farmers' market in the country, held continuously at the same site. George Washington sent his produce from Mount Vernon to be sold at the Farmer's Market.
It is the skinniest historic house in America at just seven feet wide. A private residence located at 523 Queen Street, Spite House was built out of spite in 1830 to keep loiterers out of disgruntled owner John Hollensbury’s adjacent alley.