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Rachel Carson Homestead
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission Vision and Values
    • RCHA History
    • Board and Policies
    • Interpretive Framework
    • Internet Privacy Policy
  • Your Tribute – Help Pave the Way!
  • Rachel’s Cottage Visit
    • Cottage Visitor Testimonials
  • Your Tribute
    • Piano in Carson Parlor
  • Donate
  • Other ways to help
    • Become a Member
    • Volunteer
  • Resources
    • Biography
    • Books by Rachel Carson
    • Books about Rachel Carson
    • Environmental Reading List
    • Legacy Challenge
    • Legacy Challenge Commitments
    • Top 10 Challenge
    • Challenge Resources
    • screening-room
  • Contact
    • Calendar
  • Visit
  • Connect
    • Anniversary of Rachel’s Birthday 2024
  • Opportunities Offered
  • Paver FAQ
  • Unofficial – local restaurants and catering

Thank you for the ways you support this inspiring historic site - through your visits, donations, and purchases.

Historic view from Colfax

Historic view from Colfax

View of the house during Rachel's time with ifull-length front porch. The springhouse remained functional into 1930s and looks much the same today.

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Steinway box grand

Steinway box grand

This Steinway square grand is the same style bequeathed to Maria McLean Carson. It is in need of restoration! You can help...

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The Sense of Wonder Trail behind the Homestead is a small walking trail open daily until dusk. Enjoy the new signs!

The Homestead will re-open after Pennsylvania's state-wide closure of nonessential businesses is lifted. Thanks for understanding!

This well-fed springhouse was the source of household water into the 1930s. Built before the Carsons lived here, the interior brick needs repair. The well recharges and could be function again.

About The Homestead

The only place fully dedicated to Rachel Carson and her legacy. Not just named after her, it is where she spent her formative years. Carson's birthplace is the most significant and historical place in her life.

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Tours are scheduled on request, pending docent availability. Use our Contact form to be scheduled and to apply for docent training!

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Free On Demand Films Every Month Check the calendar! Follow us on FaceBook, use our connect page to provide email and phone for text notifications.

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How to Help

Rachel's historic home and grounds need care. A house over 160 years old doesn't age gracefully on its own. Your donations and help are needed. Connect and help honor Rachel Carson's legacy!

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Raffle drawing 3/31/2025!

March 30, 2025 Written by rch

Anyone who purchased a ticket (and for whom we have a valid email address) should have received an invitation to the Zoom meeting

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Visiting the Homestead

May 25, 2024 Written by rch

Visits to the Homestead are scheduled by request. We are happy to announce several new docents, extending available hours! They each have special interest in Rachel’s legacy, and enjoy sharing with visitors.

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Donate!

February 3, 2017 Written by rch

Donate to the Rachel Carson Homestead Donate Your investment ensures the stability of the authentic historic structure allows us to provide tours for visitors, develop and deliver educational programs for children and adults. Thank you for donating today!

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Your Tribute – make a...

December 15, 2024 Written by rch

We invite you to announce your support, honor someone or an organization, or send your message with a custom engraved paver for all to see at Rachel Carson’s historic home. Take a look at the site and progress. Orders being accepted –   

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Thank you! 50 Years of RCHA

December 13, 2024 Written by rch

Thanks for all donations to our December challenge.  It takes everyone’s help to make our work possible. Our current fund-raiser ends 3/31/25 – the raffle for a week at Rachel’s cottage in Maine!

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Rachel Carson Homestead at ...

September 2, 2024 Written by rch

Environmental / Sustainability Film Award 2024 at the premiere international film festival in Venice, Italy 

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One Person Can Make a Diffe...

July 23, 2024 Written by rch

We continue to be in awe by all that Rachel Carson accomplished in her relatively short life. She was an author, conservationist, and scientist. “In nature, nothing exists alone.” Rachel Carson’s words in Silent Spring, published in 1962, drove revolutionary changes in government policy around the environment – especially the unintended consequences of pesticides on […]

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OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED

April 26, 2024 Written by rch

Please pass the word that The Rachel Carson Homestead is offering opportunities to help us develop and grow! Both volunteer and intern positions in many disciplines need to be filled. We will host an interactive presentation of our VISION and hope you will attend and participate. Whatever your talents, you can bring them to be […]

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Monumental – May Birt...

April 14, 2024 Written by rch

In honor of Rachel Carson’s birthday anniversary, we offer an award-winning film through Bullfrog Films about another environmental icon. FEATURED ALL WEEKEND May 24-27 : MONUMENTAL

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Great visit! Mon Valley Eag...

April 12, 2024 Written by rch

APRIL 20 – Thank you to Don German US Steel plant manager and eagle enthusiast for a great program.

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A literary visitor asks ...

November 28, 2023 Written by rch

Last August DARYLN BREWER HOFFSTOT  visited the Homestead with an agenda.

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