William Lloyd Garrison House
- Also Known As: Rockledge also St. Monica's Home
- Address: 125 Highland St
- of John Eliot Square District, Roxbury in
The William Lloyd Garrison House was constructed ca 1855 as the home of Boston druggist Joseph Warren Hunnewell, who purchased the vacant lot from merchant Benjamin Perkins for $4,000 in December 1854. Joseph W Hunnewell was the brother of John L Hunnewell who was among the first druggists to sell drugs, paints and oils in Boston and the creator of the Universal Cough Remedy. Their father, Joseph Hunnewell, Sr, also a druggist, began a business on Commercial Wharf in 1837 at which both sons worked off and on during the 1830s. John L Hunnewell established his own business in 1846 and made his brother junior partner in 1847. It appears that Joseph W took over his father's business by the 1850s, with Eleazer F Pratt as his partner. The company sold various drugs, medicines, paints, oils, dyes and other products, including John L Hunnewell's famed Universal Cough Remedy, Tolu Anodyne, and Eclectic Pills. Joseph W Hunnewell's commercial success seemingly led to his purchase of the lot on Highland Street in 1854, and the subsequent construction of his home on the site. Hunnewell's house was designed as a transitional building representing the Italianate and Greek Revival styles of architecture, both of which were dominant styles in American house construction at the time. - Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report
The William Lloyd Garrison House was constructed ca 1855 as the home of Boston druggist Joseph Warren Hunnewell, who purchased the vacant lot from merchant Benjamin Perkins for $4,000 in December 1854. Joseph W Hunnewell was the brother of John L Hunnewell who was among the first druggists to sell drugs, paints and oils in Boston and the creator of the Universal Cough Remedy. Their father, Joseph Hunnewell, Sr, also a druggist, began a business on Commercial Wharf in 1837 at which both sons worked off and on during the 1830s. John L Hunnewell established his own business in 1846 and made his brother junior partner in 1847. It appears that Joseph W took over his father's business by the 1850s, with Eleazer F Pratt as his partner. The company sold various drugs, medicines, paints, oils, dyes and other products, including John L Hunnewell's famed Universal Cough Remedy, Tolu Anodyne, and Eclectic Pills. Joseph W Hunnewell's commercial success seemingly led to his purchase of the lot on Highland Street in 1854, and the subsequent construction of his home on the site. Hunnewell's house was designed as a transitional building representing the Italianate and Greek Revival styles of architecture, both of which were dominant styles in American house construction at the time. - Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report