Location Concord, Massachusetts Architect Josiah Davis Opened 1849 Added to NRHP 12 July 1976 | Built 1849 NRHP Reference # 76000247 Area 3,238 m² | |
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Similar The Wayside, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Orchard House, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord Free Public Library | ||
The Thoreau-Alcott House is a historic house at 255 Main Street in Concord, Massachusetts that was home to the writers Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott at different times.
History
The house was built in 1849 by Josiah Davis and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Henry David Thoreau moved to this home in 1850 with his family; he stayed until his death on May 6, 1862. After the death of her mother Abby May, Louisa May Alcott purchased the home for her sister Anna Alcott Pratt, though she moved there as well along with her father Amos Bronson Alcott. It was in this home that Louisa wrote her novel Jo's Boys (1886), a sequel to Little Women (1868).
Today, the home remains privately owned.
References
Thoreau-Alcott House Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA