David Sears II was a notable Boston based businessman and real estate developer active in the middle part of the 19th century. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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| David Sears, Frederick Sears and Knyvet Sears Real Estate |
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| 1787/10/08 | David Sears is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the son of David and Ann Sears. | Born | |||||
| 1809/06/13 | Miriam Clarke Mason, daughter of Jonathan Mason and Susannah Powell Mason, marries David Sears in Boston, Massachusetts. | Groom | |||||
| 1816/00/00 | A townhouse 42 Beacon St, one of the first in Boston to be built of granite, is erected as a home for David Sears. | Home | David Sears House | Boston | |||
| 1816/00/00 | Sears' Cresent is built. | Owner | Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block | Boston | |||
| 1820/00/00 | St Paul's Church is completed in Quincy granite. The cost of construction was double the original estimate. The parish will labor under a heavy burden of debt for a number of years due to the sale of pews progressing more slowly than anticipated. | Building Committee Member | Cathedral Church of St Paul | Boston | |||
| 1830/00/00 | David Sears buys 200 acres and develops them into the village of Longwood. By 1830, Kynvet, Longwood, Mason and Winthrop squares are laid out. | Developer | Longwood Historic District | Brookline, MA | |||
| 1838/00/00 | David Sears slices off part of his own home and erects a Georgian style residence at 41 beacon Street for his daughter Harriot on the eastside of 42 beacon Street. | Home | George and Harriet Crowninshield Townhouse | Boston | |||
| 1844/00/00 | David Sears's gift of $10,000 rescues Amherst College during a difficult time and marks the beginning of the Sears Foundation of Literature and Benevolence. | Benefactor | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Liberty Tree Building at 628-636 Washington St and 1-9 Essex St are built. | Developer | Liberty Tree District | Boston | |||
| 1860/00/00 | Christ's Church in Longwood is built at 60 Clouster in the Lombard Romanesque style, dedicated in 1862. | Benefactor | Longwood Historic District | Brookline, MA | |||
| 1860/00/00 | In the 1860's David Sears moves to his country estate, the Longwood Cottage and Farm. | Home | Longwood Historic District | Brookline, MA | |||
| 1860/03/20 | David Sears buys the lot for 132 Beacon from Horace E Armington, who had purchased it from the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation on 6 May 1859. | Benefactor | Knyvet Sears House | Beacon Street Back Bay | |||
| 1871/01/14 | David Sears dies in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. | Died |
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