Inside Henry David Thoreau's House

There is a nice difference between a winter photo and a June photo. Please see my previous post, Some of Henry David Thoreau's Houses, written in January. I had mentioned 7 months ago, that I would be returning, and I did twice, most recently was today. This post will show part of the interior, and the location where he was really born.

Wonderful docent walking by the organic garden to greet us. She gave us a 90 minute tour. Most of the house is used for office space, but two rooms are shown to the public. The first floor room is usually used for lectures, and there is no original furniture in the house. The second room upstairs was where Henry David Thoreau was born. There were a few period pieces, and photos of the family.

Because the vegetable garden was growing like weeds, we were offered free rhubarb, lettuce and onions...we took a head of yummy lettuce.

Great wall hanging, showing photos of the parents, and four siblings. Henry is the third from the left.

 Original floors in the bedroom.

Looking out the window of the bedroom where he was born. However, this isn't the view they would have seen, since the house was originally down the street and was moved later to this site. The house had several additions through the years, but the upper right side room is original, and that is where he was born.

Facebook page site for
Thoreau Farm - Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Additional Photos taken July 22, 2014, and a real surprise. See last photo.

Side garden, and of course nasturtiums (among my favorite flowers).

I was aware that the house was moved to the above location, so I went looking for the original site, and I found this marker below. I'll be going back again, just to show my husband.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

was born on this site,

his maternal grandmother's farm,

July 12, 1817.

Some of Henry David Thoreau's Houses

Only by asking questions and riding around, do you make some great discoveries. Although Henry David Thoreau isn't in my family tree, I treated some of my research about him, as though he were a relative. Naturally, I have always heard of him, being from the area he lived, and it was only during a visit to the Concord Museum that I asked a staff member where did he die?  On my next trip to Concord, I saw the house where he died, and then, by just driving around on a out of the way country road, my eyes caught, "Thoreau Farm Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau." That was totally unexpected, a most delightful surprise and I'm sure a lot of people don't know about this site. In a previous post, I had visited his tombstone.

Note: New photos taken inside recently will be posted to a new blog post on July 22, 2014.

Henry David Thoreau

Died May 6, 1862, in this house which

later became the home of the

Alcott family.

The ‘Yellow House’ where Thoreau lived hits the market for $2.6 million.

From: RealEstate.Boston.com (See this link for photos.)

Period room for Henry D. Thoreau at the Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts. It is an ongoing exhibit.

The Concord Museum also has a replica of Henry David Thoreau's house, where he lived at Walden Pond for two years, two months and two days.

 

My next steps are:

1. When weather improves, go to the original site of Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond and take photos to post here. https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/08/i-learned-to-swim-at-walden-pond-before.html

2. Tour Thoreau's birthplace when it opens in the spring.  https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/07/inside-henry-david-thoreaus-house.html

Old House In Concord, MA...Who Lived Here? You Probably Know

Actually, this is a reproduction, and I am quite sure you have heard of the name of the person who lived here for two years, two months and two days. The original 

was next to a pond, a few miles away. See below for the answer.

The tombstone for Henry D. Thoreau is HERE, I posted it to my blog in May 2010.

Tombstone Tuesday -- Writers (Among the Best)

Jack Kerouac is buried at Edson Cemetery, Lowell, MA.

(He is #577 in Find-A-Grave, which is now at 115 million entries.)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA (above and below)

Click on the below names for Find-A-Grave entry.

Louisa M. Alcott (above and below)

Henry David Thoreau, and family

Ralph Waldo Emerson (above and below)

Nathaniel Hawthorne and family