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The site of Thoreau's Cabin Pictured: D.B. Johnson, Author of Henry Builds a Cabin

Henry's Cabin

Roland Robbins, an archaeologist, discovered the site of Henry David Thoreu's cabin in 1945, exactly 100 years after Thoreau moved into it at Walden Pond. Thoreau's writings in Walden were so detailed that the cabin is being replicated today using the same materials, tools, and methods that were used in 1845. The replica construction at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods is being documented by the Smithsonian Institution.

Another replica is maintained at Walden Pond State Reservation as a place for visitors to view the inside and outside of the cabin in which Thoreau lived. You can even purchase a blueprint and build the cabin yourself.

How to Build Henry's Cabin Game

Henry's Materials & Cost

Interior and Exterior of Cabin

View these Movies

• D.B. Johnson Describes the Cabin Site at Walden Pond
• Walden Cabin Replica at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods
• Original Building Materials - Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods
• Henry Describes Cabin Building
• Henry's Cost for Building Materials
• Henry's Bean Field
• Henry's Flute
• Henry's Farewell to Walden