| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1840/06/00 | Sophia Willard Dana Ripley | Home | The summer after the death of her mother in 1840, Sophia and George Ripley retreat to Brook Farm, a milk farm in West Roxbury. | |||
| 1840/11/09 | George Ripley | Leader | George Ripley writes RWE about Brook Farm: My Dear Sir - I wish to submit the plan more distinctly to your judgment, that you may decide whether it is one that can have the benefit of your aid and cooperation. | |||
| 1840/11/09 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Advisor | George Ripley writes RWE about Brook Farm: My Dear Sir - I wish to submit the plan more distinctly to your judgment, that you may decide whether it is one that can have the benefit of your aid and cooperation. | |||
| 1841/04/00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Home | Hawthorne becomes a member of the transcendentalist Utopian community at Brook Farm. He will leave in November. | |||
| 1841/04/00 | George Ripley | Home | Rev George and Sophia Ripley move back to Milk Farm to create their own version of an ideal society. | |||
| 1841/04/00 | Sophia Willard Dana Ripley | Home | Rev George and Sophia Ripley move back to Milk Farm to create their own version of an ideal society. | |||
| 1841/09/00 | Charles Anderson Dana | Home | Charles Dana moves to Brook Farm, where he will become one of the trustees of the farm and write for the Transcendental publication, the Harbinger. | |||
| 1841/10/00 | George Ripley | Home | The Ripleys buy Milk Farm in Roxbury. | |||
| 1842/00/00 | George William Curtis | Home | George William Curtis and his brother, James Burrill Curtis, begin two years at Brook Farm, 1842-1843. | |||
| 1846/03/00 | Charles Anderson Dana | Home | Charles Dana departs Brook Farm. | |||
| 1846/05/00 | George Ripley | Home | George and Sophia Ripley quit Brook Farm. | |||
| 1846/11/05 | George Ripley's book collection is auctioned to help cover the Brook Farm's debts. | |||||
| 1855/00/00 | James Freeman Clarke | Owner | James Clarke buys Brook Farm in order to start a new Utopian community, but this never came to fruition. |
| Particulars for Brook Farm Historic Site, Boston: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Agricultural outbuildings |
| Historic Use | Camp |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Philosophical Movement | Transcendentalism |
| Social Attribute | Utopia |
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