Forty of Boston's historic houses; a brief illustrated description of the residences of historic characters of Boston who have lived in or near the business section . m West to Mason Street. It isinteresting to note that, after General Lafayettes visit to Boston in 1825, this por-tion of Tremont Street was called Lafayette Place for several years, and that to-dayLafayette Mall stretches southward on the Common from Park Street. In the year1821 Amos Lawrence, who became later one of Bostons eminent merchants and whowas associated with his equally distinguished brother, Abbott Lawrence, in the g
Forty of Boston's historic houses; a brief illustrated description of the residences of historic characters of Boston who have lived in or near the business section . m West to Mason Street. It isinteresting to note that, after General Lafayettes visit to Boston in 1825, this por-tion of Tremont Street was called Lafayette Place for several years, and that to-dayLafayette Mall stretches southward on the Common from Park Street. In the year1821 Amos Lawrence, who became later one of Bostons eminent merchants and whowas associated with his equally distinguished brother, Abbott Lawrence, in the greatfirm of A. & A. Lawrence & Co., bought of David Greenough for twenty thousanddollars the easterly house of the Row, at the corner of West Street, and resided thereuntil his death in 1852. The estate is still in the possession of the Lawrence family,and some years ago the attractive dwelling-house was replaced by a business struct-ure bearing the name of the Lawrence Building. At the present time a more loftyand ornate Lawrence Building is taking its place among the mercantile houses ofBoston. The house is shown on the left-hand side of the HINKLEY HOUSE Beacon Street The double granite mansion which formerly stood at the corner of Beacon andSomerset Streets was built after the War of 1812 by David Hinkley, a rich merchant,who bought the land in 1810 of Jeremiah Allen, High Sheriff of Suffolk County. AfterMr. Hinkleys occupancy, for a few years before his death in 1825, it became the homeof Benjamin W. Crowninshield, who died in 1851. In 1852 the house became thehome of the newly formed Somerset Club, and was so used for twenty years, whenthe club acquired by purchase the mansion house of David Sears on Beacon easterly house on Beacon Street was occupied by Benjamin Wiggin, merchant,whose death occurred about the year 1825. In 1825 the house was sold to JosephPeabody, of Salem, whose daughter, Catherine Peabody, had recently married JohnL. Gardner of Bos
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