Massachusetts
Middlesex
Town of Concord

The Old Manse

The Old Manse is a historic manse in , , 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: museum in the U.S. state of Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Old Manse”
  • Address: 269 Monument Street, Concord, MA 01742

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old North Bridge and The Minute Man.

Bridge
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The North Bridge, often colloquially called the , is a historic site in , spanning the . On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolutionary War, provincial minutemen and militia companies numbering approximately 400 engaged roughly 90 British Army troops at this location. is situated 460 feet northwest of The Old Manse.

Work of art
is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel Chester French in , . It was created between 1871 and 1874 after extensive research, and was originally intended to be made of stone. is situated 590 feet west of The Old Manse.

Bridge
Photo: MassDOT, Public domain.
is situated 1,100 feet north of The Old Manse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Concord and West Concord.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States.

Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.
is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of in , , United States. The population was 6,320 at the 2020 census. is situated 2½ miles west of The Old Manse.

Village
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States. is situated 3½ miles southeast of The Old Manse.

The Old Manse

Latitude
42.46832° or 42° 28′ 6″ north
Longitude
-71.34924° or 71° 20′ 57″ west
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
87JCFM92+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 239363438
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4946247
Wiki­data ID
Q4439852
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“The Old Manse” goes by many names.
  • French: “The Old Manse”
  • German: “The Old Manse”
  • Japanese: “オールド・マンス”
  • Russian: “Старая усадьба (Конкорд)”
  • Russian: “Старая усадьба”
  • Spanish: “The Old Manse”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Old Manse”. Photo: Midnightdreary, CC BY-SA 3.0.