The farm was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965, a Boston Landmark in 1977, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
What is left?
Today, the Brook Farm Historic Site is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The 148 acres are public land designated for recreational activities and wildlife habitat protection. Trails though forests and open spaces allow visitors to experience the same sense of tranquility and separation that George Ripley and his followers were pursuing in the 1840s. The parts of the farm that Gottlieb Burkhard separated continue today as a non-denominational cemetery known as the Gardens of Gethsemane.
The only building still standing in its historic context is the Lutheran print shop, as the rest burned to the ground in the 20th century.
Courtesy of Newton Conservators)
The ideals of the original Brook Farm Transcendental Site are kept alive today through a local nonprofit called the New Brook Farm. They are an organization committed to protecting the land and raising awareness of the "historical, social, archaeological, and environmental significance of the Brook Farm site with adults and students in Greater Boston and neighboring communities."
