Stepping Stones (home)
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| Stepping Stones | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city: | Katonah, New York |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1941 |
| Architectural style(s): | Colonial Revival |
| Added to NRHP: | July 16, 2004 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 04000705 |
| Governing body: | Private |
Stepping Stones is the historic home of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. and his wife Lois Wilson (activist) founder of Al-Anon/Alateen in Bedford Hills, New York.
The house at 62 Oak Road, Katonah, New York is on the State and National Register of Historic Places, and is open for tours by appointment. An estimated 90 percent of visitors to the house are members of a 12 Step group.
The New York Times quoted a tour guide:
- We always say it’s not a successful tour unless at least one person cries.[2]
The Wilsons bought the house on 8 acres in 1941 several years after Bill W. took his last drink. AA paid for some of the early housing costs. Mrs. Wilson founded Al Anon there in 1951.
Among the memorabilia in the house is the desk where Bill wrote "Alcoholics Anonymous," (popularly referred to as "The Big Book") which is defining book on AA (although the book was written elsewhere).
Bill died in 1971 and Lois died in 1988. They left no children and the house was turned over to the Stepping Stones Foundation which maintains it and conducts the tours.
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Alcoholics Anonymous Founder’s House Is a Self-Help Landmark - New York Times - July 6, 2007
[edit] External links
- Stepping Stones (home) is at coordinates Coordinates:
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