The Peterborough Historical Society will host a tour of the George Shattuck Morison Brick House at Upland Farm Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Morison Brick House was built in the 1890s by civil engineer George Shattuck Morison, the famed bridge builder and member of the Isthmian Canal Commission. The house is a stately three-story brick mansion with commanding views of Mount Monadnock and the surrounding countryside. The tour is a rare opportunity to see one of Peterborough’s most unusual and beautiful properties.

Tickets are $20 and all proceeds will benefit the Historical Society’s operating fund. Tickets may be purchased at the Historical Society, online at www.PeterboroughHistory.org and at the door on the tour day.

The Brick House features a dining room with a hand-painted mural, a gracious piazza overlooking Monadnock, an elegant library, several bedrooms, a game room, and a tool room with examples of Morison’s surveying and architectural equipment on display. George Shattuck Morison (1842-1903) was a descendant of the Morison family, the earliest settlers of the town. He made his fortune designing railroad bridges in the American West and returned to his ancestral home where he built his Brick House on a hillside at Upland Farm.

While the house displays his engineering background in its solid construction and clean lines, his deep regard for his family’s past is evident in the architectural details he salvaged from other family homes, like the fireplace from his grandparents’ home that now graces the dining room.

Volunteers will be posted throughout the house sharing the history of the home, Morison, his family and the staff who kept the house running smoothly. All guests will receive a complimentary illustrated booklet detailing the property’s rich history.

The Peterborough Historical Society is a community museum and education center with the mission to preserve and share Peterborough’s past. For more information, tickets and directions: www.PeterboroughHistory.org.