Brook Farm, Boston

Name: Brook Farm
Address: Baker Street, Boston, United States
Telephone: +1 617-698-1802

#380 among attractions in Boston

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Brook Farm, also called the Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education or the Brook Farm Association for Industry and Education, was a utopian experiment in communal living in the United States in the 1840s. It was founded by former Unitarian minister George Ripley and his wife Sophia Ripley at the Ellis Farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1841 and was inspired in part by the ideals of transcendentalism, a religious and cultural philosophy based in New England. Founded as a joint stock company, it promised its participants a portion of the profits from the farm in exchange for performing an equal share of the work. Brook Farmers believed that by sharing the workload, ample time would be available for leisure activities and intellectual pursuits. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 42°17'29"N, 71°10'27"W

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Baker StreetWest Roxbury (Brook Farm)Boston United States

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+1 617-698-1802

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Brook Farm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Church, Westerly Burial Ground, Billings Field, Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway.

1 miE
Church
Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Church, Boston
26 min walk • Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Church is a historic church building at 1859 Centre Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1900 to a design by West Roxbury native Henry M.
1 miSE
Cemetery
Westerly Burial Ground, Boston
27 min walk • The Westerly Burial Ground is an historic cemetery on Centre Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1683, it is Boston's seventh-oldest cemetery, and where the first settlers of the West Roxbury area are buried. It was enlarged in 1832, and 1844, and its last documented burial was in 1962.
1.2 miSE
Park
Billings Field, Boston
30 min walk • Billings Field is a park located in West Roxbury, Massachusetts that is operated by the City of Boston. It is located in the heart of West Roxbury and in close proximity to Centre Street.
0.9 miSE
Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, Boston
23 min walk • The Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway is a historic parkway in Boston, Massachusetts. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Washington Street at the Dedham-West Roxbury border, from where it travels north and then east, ending at a junction with Centre Street, near the Arnold Arboretum.
~990 ftNW
Cemetery
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries, Boston
5 min walk • The Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries are a group of 42 Jewish cemeteries in use since the 1920s on Baker Street in the West Roxbury section of Boston.
1.3 miNE
Street
West Roxbury Parkway, Boston
34 min walk • West Roxbury Parkway is a historic parkway running from Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Enneking Parkway runs south, to Horace James Circle in Brookline, where it meets the Hammond Pond Parkway.
1 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
House at 729 Dedham Street, Newton
25 min walk • The House at 729 Dedham Street is a historic house located at 729 Dedham Street in Newton, Massachusetts.
1.1 miW
Universities and schools
Mount Ida College, Newton
27 min walk • Mount Ida College was a private college in Newton, Massachusetts. In 2018, the University of Massachusetts Amherst acquired the campus and renamed it the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst.