Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse | |
Location | Concord, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°28′07.5″N 71°18′40″W / 42.468750°N 71.31111°W |
Area | 20.3 acres (8.2 ha) |
Built | 1730 |
Architectural style | Colonial, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 04000190 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 19, 2004 |
The Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse, also known as the Thoreau Farm or the Henry David Thoreau Birthplace, is a historic house at 341 Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. It is significant as the birthplace of writer Henry David Thoreau.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] It currently serves as a historic house museum and is open to the public.