Here at 255 Main Street in Concord, Massachusetts, you face the Thoreau–Alcott House. Both Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott lived here at different times. This house was built in 1849 by Josiah Davis and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976.
In 1850 Henry David Thoreau moved here with his family; he lived in this house until his death on May 6, 1862. Years later, after the death of her mother Abby May, Louisa May Alcott purchased the home for her recently widowed sister, Anna Alcott Pratt. Louisa also moved into the house, along with her father, Amos Bronson Alcott.
It was in this very home that Louisa wrote her novel Jo's Boys (1886), a sequel to Little Women (1868). Today the house remains privately owned. As you stand here, imagine the comings and goings: Thoreau arriving with his family in 1850, Louisa making it a family haven after Abby May's death, and the quiet rooms where Jo's Boys took shape.
Notice the house at 255 Main Street, where Thoreau once lived and Louisa May Alcott later wrote Jo's Boys.