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 . t untilhis death in 1757. His only son, Thomas Bulfinch, was likewise a physician, andmarried in 1759 Susan, daughter of John Apthorp and grand-daughter of StephenGreenleaf, last Royal High Sheriff of Suffolk County. Dr. Bulfinch, the younger,lived in the house until his death in 1802, and about then the estate was bought byJoseph Coolidge, a Boston merchant, as a home for his son Joseph Coolidge, who hadmarried a daughter of Dr.
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 . t untilhis death in 1757. His only son, Thomas Bulfinch, was likewise a physician, andmarried in 1759 Susan, daughter of John Apthorp and grand-daughter of StephenGreenleaf, last Royal High Sheriff of Suffolk County. Dr. Bulfinch, the younger,lived in the house until his death in 1802, and about then the estate was bought byJoseph Coolidge, a Boston merchant, as a home for his son Joseph Coolidge, who hadmarried a daughter of Dr. Bulfinch. A son of Dr. Bulfinch was Charles Bulfinch,who was born in the house in 1763. He was the distinguished architect who designedthe State House and many other notable buildings still standing in Boston and else-where in New England. He was prominent in the civic affairs of the town of Boston,serving as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Charles Bulfinch passed his latterdays in the old family home when it was in the possession of the Coolidge site of the Bulfinch house is now covered by a granite block which bears thename Coolidge ROWE HOUSE Bedford Street John Rowe, who was born in Exeter, England, in 1715, came to Boston about1736, having then bought a warehouse on Long Wharf, and became one of its richestmerchants. He married in 1743 Hannah Speakman, but had no children. Hepurchased in 1764 an estate on the northerly side of Pond Lane, now BedfordStreet, and built the house in which he lived until his death in 1787. In his pub-lished diary he records as follows his removal into his new house: Oct. 16, 1766,Slept this night for the first time in our new house which is a Very Good, Hand-some and Convenient house. John Rowe also owned a large tract of land oppositehis house, which extended from Bedford to Essex Street. Rowe Street, now a partof Chauncy Street, was named for him. His diary shows us that he was intimatewith the wealthy and influenti
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