Touring Historic Homes of Famous Writers in Boston, Massachusetts

Visiting historic homes of famous writers in Boston, Massachusetts is an activity that will appeal to a broad range of people. Students and educators can take day away from the stuffy classroom and roam the rooms and dwellings of some famous writers that once made their homes in Massachusetts. Homeschoolers will also enjoy these treks to historic homes of famous writers in Boston, Massachusetts.

Anyone interested in local history, American literature, and historic architecture of New England will also enjoy touring these historic homes of famous writers in Boston, Massachusetts.

Touring Historic Homes of Famous Writers in Boston, Massachusetts

Famous Writer: Louisa May Alcott

Visit the historic house where famous writer Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women. Visitors will immediately see the similarities between the home in Little Women and the Orchard House. More than 75 percent of the furniture in the house is original.

Louisa May Alcott's home is called Orchard House and may be found at 399 Lexington Road in Concord, Massachusetts. For information about touring this historic home call 978-369-4118.

You can read Little Women for free, from Project Gutenburg. Read it here: Little Women.

Many of her other books and works are also available for free at the same site.

Famous Writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord

The famous writer and essay who brought us "Self-Reliance" made his home in Concord, Massachusetts. You can visit this historic home and tour the grounds.

The historic home of Ralph Waldo Emerson is located at 28 Cambridge Turnpike in Concord, Massachusetts 001742. The phone number is 978-369-2236

Self-Reliance and other essays can be found here: Self-Reliance.

Famous Writer: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Famous writer Nathaniel Hawthorne is best known for The Scarlett Letter. Read it for free here: The Scarlett Letter.

Hawthorne was an incredibly prolific writer who also wrote short stories and was an editor. See one of the historic homes where he lived and wrote.