Days and ways in old Boston . 1800, one passed into a lane runningjust back of the Usher house. This was knownas Turnagain Alley as there was then nooutlet into Newbury, now Washington, entrance to the Washington Gardens in 1826from Newbury Street was known as WashingtonCourt. In 1830, just before Swans death, theestate was cut up into ten lots. Tradition statesthat the Usher mansion was removed to SouthBoston and in whole or part became the FireDepartment Hotel kept by Reed Taft andknown later as the City Point Hotel. The es-tate contained an acre and forty perches or squarerods, ne
Days and ways in old Boston . 1800, one passed into a lane runningjust back of the Usher house. This was knownas Turnagain Alley as there was then nooutlet into Newbury, now Washington, entrance to the Washington Gardens in 1826from Newbury Street was known as WashingtonCourt. In 1830, just before Swans death, theestate was cut up into ten lots. Tradition statesthat the Usher mansion was removed to SouthBoston and in whole or part became the FireDepartment Hotel kept by Reed Taft andknown later as the City Point Hotel. The es-tate contained an acre and forty perches or squarerods, nearly fifty-five thousand square feet. Acentury ago the value of the entire tract was$15,000. At the present time the valuation ofthis site is from $150 to $200per square foot, or approximately$9,000,000. October 14th, 1830, the northcorner of the Gardens was the sceneof an event important to the Ma-sonic fraternity. The corner stoneof the Masonic Temple was laidon that day by Joseph Jenkins,Grand Master of the Grand Lodge 125. Amos Bronson Alcott
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