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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Edward Clarke Cabot Architect
Bigelow and Wadsworth Architect
1832/00/00 Samuel Cabot Jr Life Samuel and Eliza Cabot make the Grand Tour of Europe. They commission Horatio Greenough, an American sculptor in Italy at the time, to model the children's portraits, including one of their 10-year-old daughter Eliza, now at the Boston Athenaeum.
1832/00/00 Elizabeth Perkins Cabot Life Samuel and Eliza Cabot make the Grand Tour of Europe. They commission Horatio Greenough, an American sculptor in Italy at the time, to model the children's portraits, including one of their 10-year-old daughter Eliza, now at the Boston Athenaeum.
1832/00/00 William Hickling Prescott Vocation William H Prescott becomes a trustee of Boston Athenaeum, a position he will hold for 15 years.
1847/00/00
1858/00/00 Francis Parkman Vocation Francis Parkman becomes a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum, staying until his death in 1893.

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Particulars for Boston Athenaeum:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Library
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Architectural Style Renaissance Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000132
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Cabot,Edward Clark; Bigelow and Wadsworth
Architectural Style: Renaissance
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Education
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1847, 1913, 1914
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: Library
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: Library

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