The Mary Baker Eddy Historic House at 62 N. State St. has again opened its doors for tours through Oct. 31. Something new this year will be evening tours once a month through September. Those are the first Thursday of the month from 5 to 7 p.m. Weekly hours are Monday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and by appointment. A $5 per person suggested donation is recommended. Children under age 12 and Longyear Members are free.
Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, is widely recognized as one of the most influential women in the field of religion. She is the first American woman to found a worldwide religion.
In this house, visitors see where Eddy lived while she undertook a major revision of her primary work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. It was also in this home that she produced her book Retrospection and Introspection, and revised three of her other works. Eddy greatly appreciated the Concord community and moved from this house to Pleasant View, her beloved home on the town’s outskirts, spending a total of 18 years in Concord.
Longyear Museum, an independent, historical museum in Chestnut Hill, Mass., owns and maintains this house on North State Street. It is one of eight historic houses in which Eddy lived in Massachusetts and New Hampshire that are part of the Longyear Museum collection. For over three-quarters of a century, Longyear Museum has served the public, providing exhibits, publications, and programs about the life and achievements of Mary Baker Eddy.
To schedule a tour of the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Concord or for more information, please call 225-3444.
