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| Hours | Mid-Apr to Oct Thurs-Sat 10am-4:30pm, Sun 1-4:30pm | ||
| Address | 28 Cambridge Tpk | ||
| Transportation | Follow Cambridge Tpk. out of Concord Center; just before Concord Museum, house is on right | ||
| Phone | 978/369-2236 | ||
| Prices | Guided tours $7 adults, $5 seniors and students. Call to arrange group tours (10 people or more) | ||
| Season | Closed Nov to mid-Apr | ||
| Other | Call to arrange group tours (10 people or more) | ||
Frommer's Review
This house offers an instructive look at the days when a philosopher could attain the status we now associate with rock stars. Emerson, also an essayist and poet, lived here from 1835 until his death, in 1882. He moved in after marrying his second wife, Lydia Jackson, whom he called Lydian; she called him Mr. Emerson, as the staff still does. The tour (the only way to enter the house) gives an affectionate look at Emerson's personal side and at the fashionably ornate interior decoration of the time. You'll see original furnishings and some of Emerson's personal effects. The contents of his study from the time of his death are in the Concord Museum.
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Frommer's Boston 2008
Author: Marie Morris |
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