Commander's Mansion

2 weeks until the return of Wicked Watertown!

The Commander’s Mansion is getting a ghostly makeover for Wicked Watertown 2025 — and this year’s haunted mansion tours are expanding to the second floor! 😱

Join us on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 4-8 PM at 440 Talcott Avenue with free guest parking available in the East Garage on Kingsbury Ave.

Haunted Mansion Tours:
🎃 Spooky Tours (no gore or jump scares): 4–6 PM
💀 Fear Factor Tours: 6:30–8 PM
🎟️ $5 per person (under 3 enter free) purchased on site

Enjoy more Halloween fun:
📚 Stories by Flashlight with Watertown Free Public Library
🍔 Food & drinks from Joe’s Variety at our pop-up stand
🎶 Live DJ spinning Halloween hits and spooky favorites
🥇Games & prizes with Watertown Recreation until 7:00pm followed by a Best Costume contest (register upon arrival)
💀 Adopt-a-Ghoul featuring PelviCore Physical Therapy & Wellness with their 12-ft skeleton on the North Lawn!
📧 Contact us at info@commandersmansion if your company would like to join in the event’s frightful fun!
⚰️ Get up close to the Nardone Funeral Home hearse, parked and ready for curious souls…
📸 Strike a pose! Free photo station with digital downloads courtesy of Natalie Nigito Photography
🧛‍♀️ The Show Must Go On’s Skeleton Crew & Fright Club — talented Watertown Public Schools theater students bringing eerie costumes, props, and entertainment to multiple suites
🎭 Other rooms transformed by our friends at the Mosesian Center for the Arts and Watertown Fire Department

Stay tuned… we’ve still got a few more tricks up our sleeves to announce this week! 👻

City of Watertown, MA - Government
Watertown Recreation Department
Watertown Public Schools
Watertown Free Public Library
Mosesian Center for the Arts
Watertown Fire Department
Natalie Nigito Photography
Joe's Variety Deli

Check out all the fall feels at yesterday’s corporate anniversary celebration! From bountiful harvest-inspired displays to sweet caramel apple treats, the Commander’s Mansion was the perfect setting to gather, commemorate, and toast the season.

Please join us in congratulating our Events Manager, Tammy, on her 20-year anniversary with the City of Watertown!

For two decades, Tammy has been at the helm of the Commander’s Mansion, overseeing countless weddings, milestone celebrations, and private events, while also leading citywide gatherings that bring our community together. Her dedication, creativity, and energy have made the Mansion a beloved destination and an essential part of Watertown life.

We’re so grateful for all she’s done and look forward to many more years of success! 💐

Did you know there’s a genuine grape arbor on the Commander’s Mansion grounds? While the wines at our 160th celebration will be courtesy of Gordon’s Fine Wines & Liquors (not from our own vines), we’re honored to toast this remarkable milestone with an elegant wine tasting inside the mansion, followed by a refined reception beneath our grand event tent.

This special evening also supports an important piece of the mansion’s history—proceeds will help restore an original light fixture at the landing of our grand staircase (which in recent years has been repurposed as a base for floral displays). Your ticket will help bring its historic glow back to life.

Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: 6:30 - 10:00PM
Tickets: $25 per person
Reserve Here: cm160.planningpod.com

Please join us to raise a glass to history, beauty, and preservation!