Henry David Thoreau described the land south of Walden Pond as part of Jacob Baker's farm. On that very soil, a wealthy man named Henry Lee Higginson paid for the construction of a three-story Tudor Revival mansion for his son, Alexander Henry Higginson, in 1905-06.
Architect Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain designed the house, which was part of a large gentleman's estate. Alexander Henry Higginson lived in the house until 1933. The mansion remained in private ownership for many years before the Walden Woods Project purchased the property in 1992.
The Walden Woods Project is dedicated to the preservation of the Walden Woods area. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 2005, and it serves as the home for the Thoreau Society library.
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Written by Kyle McLonely
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