The Wayside
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The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, who named it Hillside, author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family, and children's writer Margaret Sidney. It became the first site with literary associations acquired by the National Park Service and is now open to the public as part of Minute Man National Historical Park.
The Wayside, home in turn to authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney
The Hillside in 1845
A plaque recognizes the role the Alcott family played as part of the Underground Railroad while living in this house.
This statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne once stood in the visitor center of The Wayside but has since been moved to his writing tower.
Concord, Massachusetts
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Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2020 census, the town population was 18,491. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is near where the Sudbury and Assabet rivers join to form the Concord River.
View of Concord's Main Street, looking east toward Monument Square
Aerial view, December 1935
Photo of Egg Rock inscription, c. 1904
The Old Manse, home to Ralph Waldo Emerson and later Nathaniel Hawthorne