Wayside - Concord MA
Posted by: 
nomadwillie
N 42° 27.540 W 071° 19.985
19T E 308169 N 4703377
42.458994, -71.333092
Waymark Code: WMVVGN
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2017
Views: 3
18. Wayside (open daily May 3 -Nov. n, 9-6; adm. 25), near Hawthorne Rd., was known as Hillside during the residence of Bronson Alcott in 1845-48. Here Louisa and her sisters spent part of their girlhood, and here in the barn they staged their early plays. Hawthorne, upon purchasing the property in 1852, named it Wayside, and lived here until his death in 1864. In the tower that he built as a refuge from visitors, Hawthorne wrote 'Tanglewood Tales' and the * Marble Faun.' Margaret Sidney, while a resident at Wayside, wrote several volumes of her children's series, 'The Five Little Peppers.' On display are photostats of pages of Hawthorne manuscript and letters, as well as furniture belonging to Hawthorne and Margaret Sidney
p. 216 Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, 1937
While the road has been paved, I believe Wayside pretty much looks like it use to back in the day. Admission was 25 cents, but free now thru the National Park Service.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 216
Year Originally Published: 1937
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