The Fruitland's Transcendentalist Society is Created
- Date Range
- 1840 – 1845
- Title
- The Fruitland's Transcendentalist Society is Created
- What occurred
- Developed by Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, the Fruitlands Transcendental Center was a commune in Harvard, Massachusetts where transcendentalists lived and gathered to share their ideas. Residents of this community engaged in a vegetarian lifestyle, used no artificial lighting at night, bathed in unheated water, and lived their lives with as little man-made technologies as they could. Ralph Waldo Emerson visited this community when it was established and predicted that it would not last very long. This prediction was correct, the center closed down after its first winter due to difficulty producing enough food for the community without the use of farm animals.
- Location
- 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard MA 01451
- Image Citation
- http://www.capadiadesign.com/2012/11/fruitlands-museum-my-12-photos.html#.YWTkUdrMLIU
- Student name(s)
- Jackie Anderson