Old Manse
Old Manse is a building in Concord, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
Plan your visit
- Access
- Open to visitors
Source: The Trustees: https://thetrustees.org/place/the-old-manse/ · last verified November 1, 2026 - Hours and tours
- House and gift shop Thursday to Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; grounds open daily dawn to dusk (from the official site, verified November 1, 2026; check before you go)
- Location
- Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Official website
- See the official website
- Directions
- Get directions
National Register listing does not mean a place is open to the public. Parking and accessibility are shown only when verified.
History
The Old Manse is a historic manse in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, notable for its literary associations. It is open to the public as a nonprofit museum owned and operated by the Trustees of Reservations. The house is located on Monument Street, with the Concord River just behind it. The property neighbors the Old North Bridge, a part of Minute Man National Historical Park.
The home, built in 1770 by the Emerson family, was a witness to the Battle at the North Bridge in 1775. The original owner's grandson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, later commemorated that event in his poem "Concord Hymn" in 1837. Another occupant of the house, Nathaniel Hawthorne, referenced the home in his collection of stories Mosses from an Old Manse in 1846. The house was in use by the Emerson-Ripley family until 1939, when the Trustees of Reservations became caretakers. It is now open to the public as a museum.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Concord
- Concord Armory Building · listed 2007
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, House Building · listed 1966
- Minute Man National Historical Park District · listed 1966
- Orchard House Building · listed 1966
- Pest House Building · listed 1977
- Union Station Building · listed 1989
- Barrett, Col. James, Farm Building · listed 1973
- Brown, Col. Roger, House Building · listed 1983
- Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District District · listed 1977
- Cuming, Dr. John, House Building · listed 1977
- Damon Mill Building · listed 1979
- Hildreth, Jonathan, House Building · listed 1991
- Hosmer Homestead Building · listed 1999
- Hosmer, Joseph, House Building · listed 1990
- Hubbard-French District District · listed 2000
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