 The Alice French House (Thanford) was the center of the area's literary and artistic life, with frequent galas and dinner parties hosting the literati and prominent citizens.French also exercised other talents at Thanford; she had a woodworking shop, where she built shelves and simple furniture, and a darkroom, where she developed and printed photographs with chemicals she mixed herself, an experience that she described and illustrated in "An Adventure in Photography", which was first published by Scribner’s in 1893.• "The Lion's Share" (1907)

Two of Alice French's houses have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places