Headquarters House
- Also Known As: William Hickling Prescott House
- Address: 55 Beacon St
- Neighborhood of Beacon Hill in Boston
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1806/00/00 | Asher Benjamin | Architect | 54-55 Beacon Street double townhouse are built for Boston merchant, James Smith Colburn. | |||
1808/00/00 | Nathan Appleton | Home | Nathan Appleton settles in at 54 Beacon Street. He will live here until 1821. | |||
1845/00/00 | William Hickling Prescott | Home | William Prescott buys a home, 55 Beacon Street. | |||
1845/00/00 | Susannah Amory Prescott | Home | William and Susannah Prescott make a home at 55 Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. | |||
1847/00/00 | William Hickling Prescott | Author | "History of the Conquest of Peru", written by Prescott at his Beacon St home, is published. | |||
1852/00/00 | William Makepeace Thackeray | Visitor | During a visit to the Prescott Home, William Thackeray sees the Prescott and Linzee Swords from the Battle of Bunker Hill in the library. He wrote about them in the opening lines of his novel The Virginians. | |||
1859/01/28 | William Hickling Prescott | Died | William Prescott dies from a stroke at his Beacon Street home. |
Particulars for Headquarters House: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Area of Significance | Literature |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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