The Old Manse was built in 1770 by Rev. William Emerson, grandfather of famous transcendentalist writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson. From his farm fields adjacent to the North Bridge, Rev. Emerson observed the fight between the Minute Men and the British which started the American Revolution, while his wife and children witnessed the fight from the upstairs windows of their house.
In 1842, the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne rented the Old Manse. Friend Henry David Thoreau planted a vegetable garden for the newly married Hawthorne and his wife. The garden is lovingly recreated to this day.
The property is maintained today by the Trustees of Reservations.
This image was quite monochromatic in its original so I thought I would experiment with sepia to convey the history of this home.
3 comments:
While staring at North Bridge, I was struck by how small it was considering all that came about.
What a beautiful view, light sepia for an historic building. I love it!
History lesson! I enjoyed it. I feel smarter already.
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