Welcome to the "Keeping Room" - so titled because, in 1766 when the original structure was built, this one room "kept" the entire family.  Constructed by Daniel Parks, the building had a pantry (now the organization's kitchen), an attached barn and a loft, which served as the sleeping quarters for several of Daniel's and his wife's eight children. The portraits on the walls are of Solomon Augustus Parks and his wife Harriet.

The room houses the original fireplace, called a "beehive" fireplace, with its side oven. The entry way leads to the attached barn and the sleeping loft. The older children, as well as any overnight guests, slept upstairs in the loft, while the adults and younger children slept in the Keeping Room.