Beacon Hill Historic District
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- Vicinity: Bounded by Beacon St, the Charles River Embankment, and Pinckney, Revere, and Hancock Sts
- Neighborhood of Beacon Hill in Boston
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1789/00/00 | Charles Bulfinch | Architect | After heavy winds knocked down the original beacon in 1789, Charles Bulfinch designs a Doric brick column with a gilded eagle. Lost when the hill was leveled in 1811, a 1898 reproduction is located at the Massachusetts State House's Ashburton entrance. | |||
| 1795/00/00 | John Singleton Copley | Seller | Agents for John Copley begin selling lots on Mount Vernon, Pemberton (or Cotton) Hill and Sentry Hill (mostly owned by Copley and now known collectively as Beacon Hill) to home builders. | |||
| 1797/00/00 | 5 Pinckney St is built. Original owners include George Middleton, a liveryman and Louis Glapion, a barber. George Middleton led an all-black militia company called the Bucks of America during the Revolutionary War. | |||||
| 1855/00/00 | Thomas Handasyde Perkins Jr | Home | Thomas H Perkins Jr's Beacon Hill home at 1 Joy Street is the venue for salons of Boston's intellectuals and society figures. | |||
| 1858/00/00 | Elizabeth Chadwick Perkins | Home | Sometime after 1857, Thomas and Elizabeth Perkins move to 17 Mount Vernon in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. | |||
| 1858/00/00 | Thomas Handasyde Perkins III | Home | Sometime after 1857, Thomas and Elizabeth Perkins move to 17 Mount Vernon in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. | |||
| 1906/12/24 | Ralph Adams Cram | Life | Looking to entertain her party guests, Mrs Cram suggest that everyone go outside and sing Christmas songs. With much timidity and deep misgivings, they sing Adeste Fideles beneath neighbors' windows on Chestnut Street, then run home very frightened. | |||
| 1907/12/24 | Ralph Adams Cram | Life | After going door to door inviting neighbors to join them, Mrs Cram and friends sing a full selection of popular carols. Pleased with their success, the group establishes the Chestnut Street Christmas Association. | |||
| 1927/12/24 | Richard Clarke Cabot | Singer | Dr Richard Cabot's carolers from Massachusetts General Hospital sing Christmas songs on Beacon Hill. | |||
| 1940/00/00 | Ralph Adams Cram | Home | After selling 52 Chestnut St, Cram lives at 171 Mt Vernon Street, then at the Lincolnshire Hotel on Charles Street, but still retains Whitewall in Sudbury. |
| Particulars for Beacon Hill Historic District: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Season | Christmas |
| Holiday | Christmas Eve |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Utility | Gaslight |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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