Poet’s House & Garden

The Poet’s House, formerly known as the Franck House (1822), sits on its original Harmonist foundation. It was purchased by Jane Blaffer Owen in 1947 and restored as a guest house for her many creative visitors. In 1958, the house was donated to the RLB Trust, and, in 1988, underwent a second restoration. In 2010, the bath and kitchen were updated, and additional repairs are scheduled, including restoration of the site’s Celtic garden, designed by Jane Blaffer Owen herself.

The Poet’s House is used primarily for writers and poets in residence and is currently home, for part of the year, to writers from the New Harmony Project’s Legacy Program, and the annual New Harmony Project Conference each May. The house is occasionally available for short-term rental by qualified guests.

Note: Artist and JBO guest John Hubbard stayed at the Poet’s House with his wife Caryl in 1988, producing From the Poet’s House: A Portrait of New Harmony, 1990, containing twelve facsimile etchings. The book is available for purchase under Good Reads.