Nathan Appleton Residence
- Also Known As: Appleton-Parker Houses also Women's City Club
- Address: 39 - 40 Beacon St
- Neighborhood of Beacon Hill in Boston
From 1821 until his death in l86l, Nathan Appleton lived at 39 Beacon Street, one of a set of twin, red brick, bowfront townhouses that architect Alexander Parris designed for him and Daniel Parker in 1817. Although Appleton's previous residence - a four-story, brick, bowfront dwelling at 54 Beacon Street where he lived from 1808 to 1821 - survives also, the Parris house boasts a longer and more significant association with him. Moreover it was here in 1843 that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was married to Appleton's daughter Frances Elizabeth. Since 1914 the structure has been the home of the Women's City Club of Boston, which has done much to preserve it. - NRHP, May 1977