Massachusetts
Middlesex
Town of Concord

The Wayside

The Wayside is a historic house in . 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.
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  • Type: Residential building
  • Description: house in Concord, Massachusetts
  • Address: 455 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Concord School of Philosophy and Orchard House.

Museum
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The was a lyceum-like series of summer lectures and discussions of philosophy in , from 1879 to 1888. is situated 630 feet west of The Wayside.

Museum
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is a historic house museum in , United States, opened to the public on May 27, 1912. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott, who wrote and set her novel Little Women there. is situated 550 feet west of The Wayside.

Museum
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The is a house museum located at 18 Cambridge Turnpike, , and a National Historic Landmark for its associations with American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. is situated 2,800 feet west of The Wayside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Concord and Lincoln.

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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.

Village
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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 2½ miles southeast of The Wayside.

Hamlet
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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 3 miles west of The Wayside.

The Wayside

Latitude
42.45904° or 42° 27′ 33″ north
Longitude
-71.33304° or 71° 19′ 59″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
87JCFM58+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 212582771
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­residential
Geo­Names ID
4952893
Wiki­data ID
Q3523325
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From French to Japanese—“The Wayside” goes by many names.

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