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 . GARDINER GREENE HOUSETremont Row The house which bore the above name during the first third of the nineteenthcentury was probably in its best days the most elegant residence in Boston, beingsurrounded by spacious gardens and occupying the crest and eastern slope of Pem-berton Hill, or, as it was first known, Cotton Hill. It was built about 1758 byWilliam Vassall, and in 1790 the estate became the property of Patrick Jeffry, whowa
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 . GARDINER GREENE HOUSETremont Row The house which bore the above name during the first third of the nineteenthcentury was probably in its best days the most elegant residence in Boston, beingsurrounded by spacious gardens and occupying the crest and eastern slope of Pem-berton Hill, or, as it was first known, Cotton Hill. It was built about 1758 byWilliam Vassall, and in 1790 the estate became the property of Patrick Jeffry, whowas known as the second husband of the wronged but eccentric Madame Mason became the owner of the property in 1802, and in the followingyear sold it to Gardiner Greene, who occupied it until his death in 1832. DuringGreenes occupancy it was the scene of lavish hospitality. At the time of his deaththe estate measured three hundred feet on Tremont Row, and was appraised at onehundred and forty-two thousand dollars. Gardiner Greenes widow was a daughterof John Singleton Copley, the eminent painter, and sister of Lord Lyndhurst, onceLord Chancellor of
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