The Frost Place
Franconia Hillside Farmhouse Where Robert Frost Lived From About 1915 To 1920 (Confirm), Now A Small Museum And Poetry Centre With A Resident Poet Each Summer And A Poetry Nature Trail, Facing The Franconia Range. · Franconia, New Hampshire
A small white farmhouse on a hillside road just outside Franconia village where Robert Frost lived with his family from about 1915 to 1920, and spent later summers (confirm). Frost bought the farm after returning from England, as his reputation was growing, and some of the poems he wrote or shaped in these years appeared in later collections (confirm which). Today the house is a small museum and poetry centre (confirm the operator). A few ground-floor rooms hold photographs, signed and early editions and other Frost material, while a poet chosen each year lives upstairs for the summer and gives readings. Behind the house a short poetry nature trail winds through the woods, with Frost's poems on signs along the way. The front porch looks across the valley to the Franconia Range, and on a clear day the view of the high ridge is the best thing here. The house opens on limited days from about late spring to early autumn (confirm), and a visit takes about an hour. It suits readers of poetry and anyone passing through Franconia who wants a quiet stop with a mountain view.
158 Ridge Road, Franconia, New Hampshire, 03580, United States
Seasonal. The museum has opened on a limited schedule from about late May or June to about mid-October, usually on some afternoons each week rather than every day (confirm current days and times before going). It is closed from about late October to May, though the grounds and the outside of the house may be seen from the road. The poetry trail is generally open when the museum is (confirm). Evening readings and a summer poetry festival or conference run on set dates in July and August (confirm). Ridge Road is a narrow hill road; in mud season and winter it may be rough or icy.