Boston Athenaeum
- Address: 10 half Beacon St
- Vicinity: Bowdoin 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 |
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. | |||
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1858/00/00 | Francis Parkman | Vocation | Francis Parkman becomes a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum, staying until his death in 1893. |
Particulars for Boston Athenaeum: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Education |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Historic Use | Library |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
Architectural Style | Renaissance Revival |
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