Brook Farm - After Brook Farm

After Brook Farm

A man named John Plummer purchased the land that was Brook Farm in 1849 before selling it six years later to James Freeman Clarke, who intended to establish another community there. Instead, Clarke offered it to President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War and the Second Massachusetts Regiment used it for training as "Camp Andrew". About 150 years after the founding of Brook Farm, the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) of Massachusetts was able to purchase 148 acres (0.60 km2) of the original land. Most of the original buildings burned down, including the Margaret Fuller Cottage in the 1970s. The farm was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, part of the land on which Brook Farm stood is a nature reserve and part is used by the Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries.