 Robert and Elinor Frost owned this house from 1915 to 1920, and some of the poet's most enduring poems were written here. Since 1977 a contemporary poet has been awarded a residency each summer. |
News Clips From The Frost PlaceTHE FESTIVAL RETURNS! THE FROST PLACE 2010 RESIDENT POET DARTMOUTH SUMMER FELLOW WRITES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AT THE FROST PLACE |
“There is no other poetic institution in the United States that
feels more consecrated to the poem itself.”
Donald Hall, 14th U.S. Poet Laureate
The Museum
Programs About The Frost PlaceContact Us
P.O. Box 74 , Ridge Road, Franconia, NH 03580
Telephone: (603) 823–5510
site by John Lehet
See the summer museum schedule here
2010 conferences
Conference on Poetry and Teaching
June 27 – July 1, 2010
Festival and Conference on Poetry
July 8-14, 2010
Frost Place Advanced Seminar
August 8 – 13, 2010
The Frost Place has recently been awarded support from the Adolf and Virginia Dehn Foundation, the Samuel P. Hunt Foundation, the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP), the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, The Corporate Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and through the Town of Franconia, the National Endowment for the Arts.