Daniel Stowe Carriage House

Discover various types of horse-drawn vehicles that were used during the 19th and 20th centuries, located in the Daniel Stowe Carriage House.

This exhibit features vehicles such as an Amish buggy, Tony’s Ice Cream Wagon, a Bob Sleigh, a Jenny Lind, a farm wagon, and much more. 

In 1980, Belmont textile executive Daniel J. Stowe located a group of magnificently restored horse-drawn vehicles that belonged to a local collector.

He purchased twelve sleighs and carriages and donated them to the museum for its first permanent collection. 

A carriage gallery opened in the store building annex as the Wheels and Runners exhibit in 1984, and was then moved to the Daniel Stowe Carriage House on October 3, 1991.