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Teacher and Helen purchased this house with seven acres on East Street in Wrentham, MA on August 28, 1903.

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Annie and Helen's Wrentham Home was completely renovated by 2002. Annie and Helen had many happy years in Wrentham. Helen wrote three books from this house and Annie married John Macy in the sitting room of the house. Speaking of the house, Helen said, "...the house....is so endeared to me....that no matter who lives in it and no matter where I go I shall always think of it as home."

In 1896, Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller came to Wrentham, MA to stay for the summer with friends on spent the year 1897-98 there as well. During the summers of 1898-1903 Annie rented a cottage on Lake Pearl. In 1903, Annie purchased the home and seven acres at 349 East Street with sugar stock that she and Helen jointly owned. In 1907, Helen purchased six and a quarter acres of land between East Street and Woodland Road. In 1914, Annie purchased the home and seven acres at 343 East Street and rented it out. In 1917, Annie and Helen sold all their property to the Jordan Marsh Company who used the home as a vacation place for their employees from 1917-1941. In 1946, the back section of the 349 East Street house was relocated to a corner of Helen's former land.

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In 1993, Kit had a sign made for Annie and Helen's home. I loved living in their home and I think of it as Helen did "it will always be home."

   

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John Albert Macy (Annie's husband), Annie Sullivan Macy and Helen Keller at their home in Wrentham in 1914.

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John Albert Macy (1900)received his MA in English and Philosophy from Harvard.  He taught English at Harvard and was the Assistant Editor of Youth's Companion.