David Sears House
- Also Known As: Somerset Club
- Address: 42 Beacon St
- Neighborhood of Beacon Hill in Boston
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1815/00/00 | Alexander Parris | Architect | Plans for 42 Beacon St in Boston to be built of granite are prepared by Alexander Parris. | |||
| 1816/00/00 | David Sears | Home | A townhouse 42 Beacon St, one of the first in Boston to be built of granite, is erected as a home for David Sears. | |||
| 1816/00/00 | Solomon Willard | Builder | Solmon Willard carves the exterior granite panels on the David Sears House. | |||
| 1817/00/00 | Miriam Mason Sears | Home | Miriam and David Sears make a home on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. | |||
| 1824/00/00 | Miriam Mason Sears | Home | David Sears nearly doubles the size of his residence by adding a second great curved bay. | |||
| 1832/04/09 | Knyvet Winthrop Sears | Born | Knyvet Winthrop Sears is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the son of David and Miriam Clark Sears. | |||
| 1869/00/00 | Ulysses S Grant | Visitor | While in Boston, President-elect Grant is entertained by David Sears with a banquet at his home on Beacon Street. | |||
| 1875/00/00 | The existing third story is added to the structure when the house is acquired by the Somerset Club. The building has been used since that year as a private men's club. | |||||
| 1903/06/18 | Frederick Winthrop Thayer | Host | Fred Thayer host 10 of the 18 men who played on his three winning Harvard ball nine teams for luncheon at the Somerset club. Then they will drive to the Harvard-Yale game at Soldiers field (lost) in a four-in-hand drag to see a crimson baseball game. |
| Particulars for David Sears House: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | Adamesque-Federal |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Venetian Night's Entertainment (Short Story) | Short Story | Edith Wharton | This is the story that, in the dining-room of the old Beacon Street house (now the Aldebaran Club), Judge Anthony Bracknell, when the ladies had withdrawn to the oval parlour, used to relate to his grandsons. - Sears House is now the Somerset Club. |
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