ORCHARD HOUSE, THE HOME OF THE ALCOTTS, CONCORD
After leaving “The Wayside” the Alcott family moved into this old house, at the time considered unfit to live in, and repaired and painted it themselves. Louisa May Alcott affectionately referred to it as “Apple Slump,” and it was here that she wrote the first part of “Little Women.” Much of the Alcott furniture and many books, pictures, and personal memorials are still to be seen in the house, among them the sketches May drew on the walls of her room.
ORCHARD HOUSE AND ITS GIGANTIC ELM, IN EARLY SPRING
The School of Philosophy, Gathering Place of American Philosophers, Concord
On the grounds of Orchard House stands this small unpainted, wooden-Gothic building, once known as Hillside Chapel, which served as Bronson Alcott’s summer school of philosophy for almost a decade. Many notable men of letters came to this chapel, which occupies an important place in the history of American thought.
ANTIQUARIAN HOUSE, CONCORD