This is the house circa 1928 with Frost's

grandson Prescott sitting in the front yard.

 

The Stone House today

 

 

 

Directions

 

From Bennington: Go north on US 7 and take Exit 2 (Shaftsbury - follow short detour 2007-08) At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Historic 7A. Go 7/10ths mile. Robert Frost Museum on the left just past the Hiland Hall School.

 

From Manchester: Go south on US 7 to Exit 2. (same as above). If you come down 7A, you must go past Rt. 67 and through the blinking light in South Shaftsbury and up the hill - approx. 1 mile from light.

 

From Brattleboro: Go west on VT Rte. 9

to Bennington and then follow directions from Bennington.

 

From New York: Take the New York Thruway (I-87) to Exit 23. Take I-787 around Albany and exit on NY Route 7 East (Troy/Bennington). Go east on NY 7 to Rte. 279 to US 7 north, then take Exit 2 (Shaftsbury). At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Historic 7A. Go 7/10ths mile. Robert Frost Museum is on the left just past the Hiland Hall School.

 

 

Frost's Stone House is located in So. Shaftsbury, Vermont on Historic Route 7A, a short distance from his gravesite in Bennington.

The museum features galleries in the house where Frost lived and in the very rooms were he wrote some of his finest poetry. His fourth book was published during this period and for it, he won his first Pulitzer Prize. The volume, entitled New Hampshire, contains one of our most beloved poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Frost wrote the poem on a hot June morning in 1922 at the dining room table. The entire room is devoted to this great American classic.

The central hallway is dedicated to Frost's "woodchopper," J. J. Lankes, who decorated Frost's books in the 1920s with wood cut prints. Lankes lived in the area and made many works of the local countryside that are geographically correct and still recognizable.

The grounds of the property are complete with many images that evoke Frost's poetry including stone walls, birch trees, fields and woods and even some of Frost's original apple trees.

Museum Hours: 2008 - Open May 1 to November 30, Tuesday through Sunday, closed Mondays. Hours 10 to 5. Allow 1 hour for your visit.

Admission: $5.00 for adults; $2.50 for students under 18, children under 6 are free.

Robert Frost Stone House Museum

121 Historic Route 7A

Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262

(802) 447-6200

 

 

Feel free to contact us

 

Read about our new Frost Apple Project to create a new display orchard at the Stone House by taking cuttings off Frost's historic trees and grafting new trees.

 

The first annual Robert Frost Apple Tree Sale will take place on Sunday, April 27 at the Robert Frost Stone House Museum located on Route 7A in Shaftsbury, VT. The fundraising event starts at 12 noon and runs through 4 p.m. Read about the history of Frost apples at the Stone House here.

 

 

 

If you plan to stay in southern Vermont and need info on lodging, restaurants and other attractions, the Bennington Chamber of Commerce website will be helpful.