Thoreau House Replica

From 1845 to 1847, Henry David Thoreau lived for two years, two months, and two days in a house he built with his own hands near the north edge of Walden Pond. He hauled materials, dismantled a shack for reusable parts, borrowed an axe to fell trees, and made some of his own furniture, creating a sturdy house that was modest in cost and size and furnished simply yet comfortably. In Walden; or, Life in the Woods, he wrote in detail about the house and its peaceful setting, making possible the later construction of this replica and inviting reflection on his experiment in living deliberately. Though the house was small and rather isolated, he was not a hermit, welcoming visitors and often walking the one and a half miles to Concord.

Concord, Massachusetts · United States