After Emily's death, Lavinia remained in the Homestead until her eventual death in 1899. The ownership of the house then fell into the daughter of William Austin  Dickinson's hands, Martha Dickinson Bianchi. 

In 1916 the home was sold to the Parke Family, who eventualy sold it to Amherst College due to the growing popularity of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson Museum. (n.d). The Homestead. Emily Dickinson Museum. Retrieved December 16, 2021, from                   www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/the-museum/our-site/the-homestead/.