National Register of Historic Places

Thoreau-Alcott House

Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
July 11, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000247

About this property

The Thoreau–Alcott House is a historic house at 255 Main Street in Concord, Massachusetts, United States that was home to the writers Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott at different times. The house was built in 1849 by Josiah Davis and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 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 recently widowed sister Anna Alcott Pratt. Louisa also moved to the house, 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). National Register of Historic Places listings in Concord, Massachusetts Luey, Beth (2019). "Home and Family: The Alcott Houses, Concord and Harvard". At Home: Historic Houses of Eastern Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-62534-419-9. Media related to Thoreau-Alcott House at Wikimedia Commons Thoreau–Alcott House Story, from Concord Free Public Library

Location

255 Main St.
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.45845, -71.35791

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Nearby Battles

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When was Thoreau-Alcott House listed on the National Register?

Thoreau-Alcott House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1976.

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Thoreau-Alcott House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Thoreau-Alcott House is recorded as the industrial era.

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