the Thoreau Log.12 July 1817. Concord, Mass.Henry D. Thoreau is born in a farmhouse on Virginia Road (Journal, 8:64).Thoreau’s birthplace is now a museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visit thoreaufarm.org for more information.Thoreau Birthplace (Photographer: Alfred W. Hosmer) (The Lewis C. Dawes Collection).