The Durand-Hedden House is an 18th Century farmhouse restored with an herb garden and a Victoria Era addition. It is open to the public for tours, open house days and educational programs.

The Durand-Hedden House, whose original structure was built in about 1790, sits on two acres of the original plantation that was part of a 72-acre tract of land acquired by Ebenezer Hedden before 1740. His son, Obadiah Hedden, was born on the land, and after the Revolutionary War was able to take title in 1787 to the 25 acres upon which he built his modest side-hall farmhouse.

The house remained in the caring hands of the Ripley family until 1971, it fell into disrepair in the years that followed and was saved from destruction by the Town of Maplewood, which bought it in 1977 under the state Green Acres program. The Durand-Hedden House and Garden Association was established in 1979, and has spent the ensuing 20 years restoring the property and offering historical and educational programs to schools and the community. The House now sits in Grasmere Park, named after Robert Grasmere, whose efforts as Maplewood’s mayor at that time helped to save the property.