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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

Data »

Particulars for Headquarters House:
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Federal Style
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000765
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Benjamin,Asher
Architectural Style: Federal
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: c 1806, 1844, 1859
Associated People: Prescott,William Hickling
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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