Philbrick House
- Address: 182 Walnut St
- Vicinity: Irving St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1822/07/11 | John Tappan moves into his new house. John and his brother, Lewis, were from England and built several stone houses in Brookline, namely the Sewall, the Arthur Blake and a schoolhouse, Pierce Hall. Lewis, an abolitionist, was a friend of Salmon P Chase. | |||||
| 1829/00/00 | Samuel Philbrick | Home | John Tappan sells his estate for about $14,000 to merchant William Ropes, who in turn, sells it to Samuel Philbrick. | |||
| 1836/12/00 | Angelina Grimke | Guest | The Grimke sisters, the Quaker-convert daughters of a South Carolina slave holding family, stay at the Philbrick house during the winter of 1836-37. | |||
| 1836/12/00 | Sarah Grimke | Guest | The Grimke sisters, the Quaker-convert daughters of a South Carolina slave holding family, stay at the Philbrick house during the winter of 1836-37. | |||
| 1837/00/00 | Samuel Philbrick | Faith | Philbrick, at the suggestion of Wendell Philips, takes in a young black girl into their house as a domestic. When they brought her to Sunday service at First Parish and had her sit in their pew, they were admonished. Philbricks withdrew from the parish. | |||
| 1837/02/00 | John Greenleaf Whittier | Abolitionist | Samuel Philbrick host one of Brookline's first anti-slavery meetings. At the ladies-only event, John Greenleaf Whittier listens from inside a closet. | |||
| 1837/02/00 | Samuel Philbrick | Faith | Samuel Philbrick host one of Brookline's first anti-slavery meetings. At the ladies-only event, John Greenleaf Whittier listens from inside a closet. | |||
| 1852/09/18 | Samuel Philbrick | Abolitionist | After the adoption of the Fugitive Slave Act 1850, Ellen moves to Brookline, where she finds sanctuary at the Philbrick residence while William hides in the South End. | Ellen and William Craft Run for Freedom | ||
| 1859/00/00 | Edward S Philbrick | Home | Samuel Philbrick leaves his estate to his son, Edward. |
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