The Old Manse is situated beside the site of the Battle of Concord & Lexington and was once the home of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Old Manse, with its famous American literary associations and huge historic significance, illustrates perfectly the importance of Concord in the New England psyche. Inside the Old Manse America’s historical and literary past is relived and the house contains original furnishings, wallpaper, woodwork windows and architectural features.
The Old Manse was built by the Rev William Emerson in 1770 and it was from here that he sprung from his bed on April 1775 to witness the fight at the Old North Bridge opposite between the Concord Militia and the British Red Coats. His grandson Ralph Waldo Emerson later drafted his first published essay, Nature at the Old Manse and writer Nathaniel Hawthorne rented the house in 1842. Hawthorne wrote Mosses from the Old Manse from the house in 1846.
The grounds of the Old Manse include period gardens and the Old Manse is a short walk to the North Bridge Battle site, marked by the famous Daniel Chester French statute of the Minute Man.
Location:
269 Monument Street, Concord, MA.
Opening times:
April 13 – Oct 31: Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sundays and holidays, 12pm-5pm
Admission fees:
Adults: $8
Conc: $7
Children: $5
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