Orchard House

Orchard House
Orchard House, summer 2013
Location399 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°27′32″N 71°20′06″W / 42.4589°N 71.3351°W / 42.4589; -71.3351
Builtc. 1700–1710[2]
NRHP reference No.66000781[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLDecember 29, 1962

Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, opened to the public on May 27, 1912.[3] It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), who wrote and set her novel Little Women (1868–69) there.

The four daughters—Anna (the oldest), Louisa (one year younger), Elizabeth (three years younger than Louisa), and Abigail (the youngest, five years younger than Elizabeth)—lived in Orchard House from 1858 to 1877.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Orchard House at the official site
  3. ^ "The United Women's Club of Concord and the History of Orchard House". October 21, 2011.