Orchard House Alcott. Opened to the public in 1911 it is an internationally recognized cultural treasure. Orchard House the New England home where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women has become an inspirational pilgrimage site to millions of visitors from around the world.

This home was recreated for the recent Little Women film directed by Greta Gerwig and nominated for an Oscar. The Museum Store at Louisa May Alcotts Orchard House. Louisa May Alcotts Orchard House is one of the oldest and most authentically preserved historic homes in the country.
In 1857 Amos Bronson Alcott purchased 12 acres of land with a manor house that had been on the property since the 1660s for 945.
LOUISA YMA ALCOTTS ORCHARD HOUSE IS LOCATED IN THIS TOWN -- A CONCORD. It is here that the beloved classic Little Women was written and set in 1868With a nurturing talented family as owners and literary giants Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne as neighbors Orchard House uniquely inspired Louisa May Alcott to create timeless characters and scenarios for a book that has never been out of print. Louisa May Alcotts Orchard House is one of the oldest and most authentically preserved historic homes in the country. Louisa May Alcotts Orchard House is famous for where she wrote her beloved classic Little Women.