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 . REW HOUSE Charles Street A walk through Charles Street, which skirts the river from which the street de-rives its name, shows us the house which was the home, during the closing years ofhis life, of John Albion Andrew, who will ever be remembered as War Governor ofMassachusetts. In 1855 Mr. Andrew, who was then a practising lawyer in Boston,removed his home from Hingham to Boston, and became the occupant of 71, nowno, Charles Str
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 . REW HOUSE Charles Street A walk through Charles Street, which skirts the river from which the street de-rives its name, shows us the house which was the home, during the closing years ofhis life, of John Albion Andrew, who will ever be remembered as War Governor ofMassachusetts. In 1855 Mr. Andrew, who was then a practising lawyer in Boston,removed his home from Hingham to Boston, and became the occupant of 71, nowno, Charles Street. He resided there, having purchased the estate in 1862, untilhis death in 1867. He had been active for some years in the anti-slavery movement,and, as a result, was elected Governor of Massachusetts in i860, at the opening of theCivil War, and held that office until the close of the year 1865. His service to theCommonwealth and the Nation during the Civil War makes a record of which Massa-chusetts is justly proud. The tax upon Governor Andrews strength during his termof office as governor resulted in his death before he had attained the age of fifty TRINITY CHURCH RECTORY Clarendon Street The house, No. 233 Clarendon Street, at the corner of Newbury Street, is note-worthy as having been the home of Phillips Brooks from the fall of 1880 until January23, 1893, when he died within its walls, lamented by the entire nation. The houseis the rectory of Trinity Church, and as such was built conformably to the taste ofDr. Brooks, then rector of the church. He was therefore its first occupant, andhe continued to reside in it after his election to the bishopric of Massachusetts in1891. After Bishop Brookss death, another story was added to the house, and itwas then occupied, until his death, by Rev. E. Winchester Donald, , who suc-ceeded Phillips Brooks as rector of Trinity Church, and it is now the home of Mann, , the present rector. Phillips Brooks was
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