Concord Massachusetts Real Estate

Rolling farmland, stone walls, revolutionary war sites, and gracious period homes make Concord one of the most scenic New England towns of its kind. Its quaint and charming town center alongside the town common includes gourmet food shops, bakeries and cafés, bookstores and boutiques. In the summer, farm stands spring up on Concord’s country lanes, selling fruit, flowers and vegetables grown in the fields all around. Peaceful and bucolic, Concord attracts residents and tourists alike for its natural and architectural beauty. A vigilant Historic Preservation Committee ensures the continuation of this tranquil loveliness far into the future.

Concord was first settled in 1635 and was incorporated as a town in the same year. Its population in the early years included indigenous Algonquins, and among the colonists, craftsmen, farmers, and Puritans. The Old North Bridge, the site of an important battle in the American Revolution, is part of Minuteman National Park, a popular destination for walking. The Concord Museum, on Lexington Road, was founded in 1850, with a significant collection of early Americana, including the famous ‘One if by land, two if by sea’ lantern immortalized in Longfellow’s poem about the Paul Revere ride. Concord’s historical sites include the Orchard House, which Louisa May Alcott’s home as described in Little Women, the Old Manse, which Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in, The Wayside, another home to several eminent Concordians, and Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau went into his famous retreat and wrote his philosophical work, Walden. Another famous Concord resident was Ralph Waldo Emerson, the nineteenth-century essayist, Unitarian minister and founder of the Transcendentalism movement, a spiritual philosophy. The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery near the town center contains an Author’s Ridge, where these and other Concord writers are buried. The convergence of authors and thinkers in Concord made it something of an intellectual hub in its time, and contemporary writers and artists continue to live there today.

Opportunities for recreation in Concord abound. Its shady, winding roads are perfect for weekend bike rides, and cyclists are respected by Sunday traffic. Other possibilities include canoeing and kayaking on the Concord, Merrimack and Assabet rivers, walking, jogging, swimming and sunbathing at Walden Pond, and exploring the trails and footpaths through its public woodlands and meadows. The Concord Walkers and Runners meet every weekend, early in the morning, at the town center for an organized route through town.

Concord is home to the Concord Players, a highly respected community theatre troupe with performances several times a year. Prestigious independent schools throughout Concord also hold recitals, concerts and performances open to the public. Many of Boston’s top restaurants have a satellite location in neighboring Sudbury, an easy drive. A commuter train runs from West Concord into Boston, allowing for easy commuting and weekend outings to the city.

The Concord public schools are of a consistently high quality, with very strong students and exceptional faculty. The Concord Free Public Library was founded in 1873, with a main library in Concord center and the Fowler Branch Library in West Concord. Over 90% of Concord residents have library cards, and over 1,000 items, be they books, DVDs, videos, or CDs, circulate each day. The Library hosts poetry readings, Friday night movies, crafts workshops for teens, holiday celebrations and for young children, story times and sing-a-longs. Concord’s population is evenly distributed by age, which is reflected in its Patriot’s Day activities celebrating its historic role at the start of the American Revolution.

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