"Fruitlands", Fruitlands Museum, Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Significance: Fruitlands, an early 18th century farmhouse, served as the site of Amos Bronson Alcott's "new Eden," an experiment in communal living modeled on the ideas of this leading educational reformer, Transecendenalist and social philosopher. The experiment represents "one of the more characteristic chapters in the history of American Utopianism." The farmhouse overlooks the Nashua Valley in central Massachusetts and commands a view of Mount Wachusett, some 15 miles to the west, and Mount Monadnock, some 45 miles to the north. Fruitlands was designated a Massachusetts Historic Landmark in 1966 and a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-348
Survey number: HABS MA-1005
Building/structure dates: 1843 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001761