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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1815/00/00 Alexander Parris Architect Plans for 42 Beacon St in Boston to be built of granite are prepared by Alexander Parris.
1816/00/00 David Sears Home A townhouse 42 Beacon St, one of the first in Boston to be built of granite, is erected as a home for David Sears.
1816/00/00 Solomon Willard Builder Solmon Willard carves the exterior granite panels on the David Sears House.
1817/00/00 Miriam Mason Sears Home Miriam and David Sears make a home on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
1824/00/00 Miriam Mason Sears Home David Sears nearly doubles the size of his residence by adding a second great curved bay.
1832/04/09 Knyvet Winthrop Sears Born Knyvet Winthrop Sears is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the son of David and Miriam Clark Sears.
1869/00/00 Ulysses S Grant Visitor While in Boston, President-elect Grant is entertained by David Sears with a banquet at his home on Beacon Street.
1875/00/00 The existing third story is added to the structure when the house is acquired by the Somerset Club. The building has been used since that year as a private men's club.

Data »

Particulars for David Sears House:
Architectural Style Adamesque-Federal
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Federal Style
Level of Significance National
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: 70000731
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Parris,Alexander
Architectural Style: Other, Federal
Attribute: Adamesque-Federal
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1816, 1824
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Social
Current Sub-Function: Meeting hall

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
A Venetian Night's Entertainment (Short Story) Short Story Edith Wharton This is the story that, in the dining-room of the old Beacon Street house (now the Aldebaran Club), Judge Anthony Bracknell, when the ladies had withdrawn to the oval parlour, used to relate to his grandsons. - Sears House is now the Somerset Club.

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