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About Orchard House

Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, opened to the public on May 27, 1912. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), who wrote and set her novel Little Women (1868–69) there.

The four daughters—Anna (the oldest), Louisa (one year younger), Elizabeth (three years younger than Louisa), and Abigail (the youngest, five years younger than Elizabeth)—lived in Orchard House from 1858 to 1877.

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Writer's home
Founded
1750

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  1. Orchard House, Concord01ConcordUser:victorgrigas · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  3. OrchardHouseConcord2CMA03OrchardHouseConcord2CMADaderot at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Orchard House in Winter, Concord MA04In Winter, Concord MAJohn Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Alcott, Louisa May, by Healy05Alcott, Louisa May, by HealyGeorge Peter Alexander Healy · Public domain

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