Ralph Waldo Emerson, who built this square white house and planted the pines around it, lived here from 1835 until his death in 1882. During his European tour, Thoreau lived in the house. Emerson was a strong influence in drawing other writers to Concord, and a long succession of visitors to his doorstep. His study has been moved intact, with its books and pictures and furniture, to the fireproof quarters of the Antiquarian House across the way. The other rooms remain much as they were in Emerson’s day.] [Illustration: CONCORD SNOWSCAPE] [Illustration: THE REUBEN BROWN HOUSE, CONCORD Home of the minuteman and saddler who brought back the news of the firing in Lexington. This is now the Old Mill Dam Inn.] [Illustration: THE CONCORD SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC A four-chimneyed “brick-ender,” an architectural style rare outside of Concord.] [Illustration: The Concord Art Association Occupies a Noble Old White Clapboard House] [Illustration: LEXINGTON ROAD, CONCORD A glance backward at the houses just passed on the preceding pages.] [Illustration: The Victorian Gothic Era Left Concord with This Unusual Stone House In the distance is the Old Chapter House of the D. A. R.] [Illustration: FIRST PARISH CHURCH, CONCORD Built in 1901 on the site of the old church where the first and second Provincial Congresses sat, with John Hancock presiding.] [Illustration: FIRST PARISH CHURCH, CONCORD, IN A SUMMER SETTING The tree in the foreground went down in the hurricane of September, 1938. Concord was a heavy sufferer in the catastrophe.] [Illustration: ENTRANCE TO THE HILL BURYING GROUND Across the street is Wright’s Tavern (built in 1747), the British headquarters on April 19, 1775 where Colonel Smith boasted that he would stir the blood of the Yankee rebels.] [Illustration: SPRINGTIME ON THE CROSSROADS The focal point in Concord where the Mill Dam, Concord Square and Lexington Road meet.] [Illustration: Wright’s Tavern, the oldest existing tavern in Concord, is still run as a hostelry.] [Illustration: THE COLONIAL INN, CONCORD At the end of Monument Square is this historic inn, dating from 1770 and still thriving. It is composed of three old houses joined together. The building on the extreme left was a Revolutionary store-house, while the wing in the foreground was once a Thoreau residence. The old tap room is still intact, and many relics of the Revolution are still in evidence.] [Illustration: A TEMPLE OF COMMERCE ON THE MILL DAM The business heart of Concord received the name of the “Mill Dam” due to the fact that it was the site of a dam for almost two centuries. Some of its buildings still retain a fine old Colonial character.] [Illustration: MODERN CONCORD The Colonial tradition is reflected in many newer buildings, such as the bank on the previous page.] [Illustration: CONCORD ACADEMY IN MIDWINTER]