280 Main Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 542-8161
Open March - December Wednesdays - Saturdays 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
Admission--Adults $5.00, Seniors and college students $4.00, Ages 6-18 $3.00, Under 6 free.
Special Event -- May 12, 2001, Poetry Walk and Open House
Built in 1813, the Dickinson Homestead is said to be the first brick house in Amherst. It was built for Emily Dickinson’s grandparents and was passed down through the generations. The poet and her family lived in this home for most of their lives, with the exception of a brief period when they moved to a house a few blocks away which is no longer standing.
Dickinson’s brother married and moved to the adjacent home, The Evergreens, which was connected to the Dickinson Homestead by a short footpath.
The Homestead was named a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. She and her older brother and younger sister grew up in Amherst and lived there for the majority of their lives. Emily attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847. Upon graduation, she enrolled in Mt. Holyoke Seminary where she studied for less than a year. During her formal education, Dickinson developed what was to become a lifelong interest in botany and horticulture.
Much of Dickinson’s free time was spent writing poetry and letters. She wrote articulate and insightful letters to family and friends and often included newly written poems. Of the more than 1,700 poems that she wrote, only seven were published during her lifetime. Dickinson had a way with words that baffled editors of her day. Each of the poems that were published had some editorial changes.
When she was in her 30s, Dickinson suffered from an eye disorder which required special treatment that restricted her writing. At doctor’s orders, she spent a period of six months without writing at all. This difficult experience coupled with her father’s death a few years later, seem to have culminated in Dickinson’s becoming a recluse. She saw virtually no adult outside her immediate family; however, she baked cookies for neighborhood children and would sometimes invite them into her home.
Emily Dickinson died on May 15, 1886. She is buried in West Cemetery in Amherst.
To read more about Emily Dickinson and her works, go to The World of Emily Dickinson.
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 542-8161
Open March - December Wednesdays - Saturdays 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
Admission--Adults $5.00, Seniors and college students $4.00, Ages 6-18 $3.00, Under 6 free.
Special Event -- May 12, 2001, Poetry Walk and Open House
Built in 1813, the Dickinson Homestead is said to be the first brick house in Amherst. It was built for Emily Dickinson’s grandparents and was passed down through the generations. The poet and her family lived in this home for most of their lives, with the exception of a brief period when they moved to a house a few blocks away which is no longer standing.
Dickinson’s brother married and moved to the adjacent home, The Evergreens, which was connected to the Dickinson Homestead by a short footpath.
The Homestead was named a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. She and her older brother and younger sister grew up in Amherst and lived there for the majority of their lives. Emily attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847. Upon graduation, she enrolled in Mt. Holyoke Seminary where she studied for less than a year. During her formal education, Dickinson developed what was to become a lifelong interest in botany and horticulture.
Much of Dickinson’s free time was spent writing poetry and letters. She wrote articulate and insightful letters to family and friends and often included newly written poems. Of the more than 1,700 poems that she wrote, only seven were published during her lifetime. Dickinson had a way with words that baffled editors of her day. Each of the poems that were published had some editorial changes.
When she was in her 30s, Dickinson suffered from an eye disorder which required special treatment that restricted her writing. At doctor’s orders, she spent a period of six months without writing at all. This difficult experience coupled with her father’s death a few years later, seem to have culminated in Dickinson’s becoming a recluse. She saw virtually no adult outside her immediate family; however, she baked cookies for neighborhood children and would sometimes invite them into her home.
Emily Dickinson died on May 15, 1886. She is buried in West Cemetery in Amherst.
To read more about Emily Dickinson and her works, go to The World of Emily Dickinson.
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