Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts

TWO HOUSES MADE FAMOUS BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Nathaniel Hawthorne was thirty-eight years old before he was able to begin the ideal life of…

The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts: Hawthorne

Hawthorne's own charming description of the house and grounds is so attractive that the reader wishes to visit them: "Between two tall…

The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts: Alcott

The Wayside had been the home of Bronson Alcott.

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