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Brook Farm
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★ National Historic Landmark

Brook Farm

Boston’s first place on the National RegisterListed Oct 15, 1966; only 0 of Massachusetts’s 4,457 listings are older
Listed 1966Boston
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About Brook Farm

Brook Farm, at 670 Baker St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 15, 1966: the first place in Boston to be listed. It was named a National Historic Landmark on Jul 23, 1965, one of 189 in Massachusetts. Only 0 of Massachusetts’s 4,457 listings are older. The Register lists it for its social history, at the national level. The listing covers 180 acres.

What it isIntentional community. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 170 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1841 to today

  1. 1841Built
  2. 1965Named a National Historic Landmark
  3. 1966Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  4. 2026On the Register for 60 years
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Finding Brook Farm

670 Baker St., Boston

Directions

No other Register listing is within a short walk. The nearest are under Around it.

Around it

15 more Register listings within 2 miles

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

DVFW Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater BostonDistrict0.5 miBHouse at 729 Dedham StreetGreek Revival · Built 18551 miBKing HouseGeorgian · Built 17101 miBHouse at 215 Brookline StreetGeorgian · Built 17191 miBDr. Henry Jacob Bigelow HouseShingle Style · Built 18871.1 miSWesterly Burial GroundBuilt 16831.2 miBTheodore Parker Unitarian Universalist ChurchBuilt 19001.3 miBWorking Boys HomeRomanesque Revival · Built 18961.5 miBGershom Hyde HouseMid-Georgian · Built 17441.6 miDWest Roxbury Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater BostonDistrict1.9 miBThaddeus Jackson HouseGeorgian Vernacular1.9 miBBrandeis University President's HouseLate 19th and Early 20th Century Movement · Built 19162 miStBellevue StandpipeBuilt 19152 miSWalnut Hills CemeteryBuilt 18752 miDHammond Pond ParkwayDistrict2 mi
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Other National Historic Landmarks nearby

The nearest Landmarks with a photo, within 25 miles, and the year each was named.

Norfolk County Courthouse2.7 mi away · 1972
Arnold ArboretumBuilt 1872 · 3 mi away · 1965
Fairbanks House3.1 mi away · 1960
George R. Minot House3.1 mi away · 1976

Memories of Brook Farm

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Questions about Brook Farm

Is Brook Farm on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 15, 1966 (Register number 66000141).

Is Brook Farm a National Historic Landmark?

Yes, since Jul 23, 1965. Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks, 55 of them in Boston.

Can you visit Brook Farm?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Brook Farm?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 170 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63793901 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.