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 . d to conduct the business and dispense the hospitality of the he was unmarried, he was assisted in the latter by his sister Mary Ann Faneuil,who shared the family mansion with him. Peter Faneuil gave to the town of Bostonin 1742 the hall which bears his name and which has always been known as TheCradle of Liberty. After his death in 1743 the Faneuil house had several the time of the Revolution one of the Vassa
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 . d to conduct the business and dispense the hospitality of the he was unmarried, he was assisted in the latter by his sister Mary Ann Faneuil,who shared the family mansion with him. Peter Faneuil gave to the town of Bostonin 1742 the hall which bears his name and which has always been known as TheCradle of Liberty. After his death in 1743 the Faneuil house had several the time of the Revolution one of the Vassall family owned it, and, they beingTories, it was confiscated and sold in 1783 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts toIsaiah Doane. It was the home of William Phillips, Lieutenant-Governor of the Statefrom 1812 until his death in 1827. In 1835, at the time of extensive operations onTremont Street, Tremont Row, and Pemberton Square, on the easterly slope of Pem-berton Hill, the mansion was taken down and the acres covered with business build-ings and residences. The site of the house is covered to-day by the Carney Building,opposite Kings Chapel VASSALL HOUSE Summer Street The Vassall house was built on Seven Star Lane, now Summer Street, about1727 by Leonard Vassall, a rich West Indian planter. At his death in 1737 theestate, which measured sixty-eight by two hundred and sixty-eight feet, was soldto Thomas Hubbard for six hundred pounds. It was the home for nearly forty yearsof Thomas Hubbard, who was a distinguished Bostonian of his day and who wastreasurer of Harvard College for twenty-one years. It was next the property ofFrederick William Guyer, and, as he was a Loyalist, it was confiscated by the Com-monwealth. It was, however, placed in Mr. Guyers possession again in 1789, whenhe returned to Boston and was restored to citizenship. In 1803, the year before hedied, Mr. Guyer sold the estate to Samuel P. Gardner, ancestor of the late John , of Bosto
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