H H Richardson House
- Address: 25 Cottage St
- Vicinity: SE of Warren Street
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1804/00/00 | Samuel Gardner Perkins | Home | Designed by an unknown architect, 25 Cottage St is built for Samuel G Perkins in the manner of West Indian plantations with a two-story colonnade of slender columns along the front and sides. | |||
1847/05/24 | Samuel Gardner Perkins | Died | Samuel Gardner Perkins dies in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. | |||
1873/00/00 | 25 Cottage St passes to Edward Hooper, a Harvard classmate of H H Richardson and future treasurer of Harvard College (1876-1898). | |||||
1874/00/00 | Henry H Richardson | Home | H H and Julia Richardson rent the Samuel Gardner Perkins House, 25 Cottage St, from Edward Hooper. Richardson will expand the home to include his professional studio, library and office. | |||
1874/00/00 | H H Richardson architects | Office | H H and Julia Richardson rent the Samuel Gardner Perkins House, 25 Cottage St, from Edward Hooper. Richardson will expand the home to include his professional studio, library and office. | |||
1885/10/00 | John J Glessner | Life | The Glessners meet with H H Richardson in Brookline, Massachusetts, about the design of their home. | |||
1886/04/27 | Henry H Richardson | Founder | On his last day, Henry H Richardson signs an informal will directing the three assistants still remaining to carry on the business, which is soon formalized as Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. | |||
1886/04/27 | Henry H Richardson | Died | Henry Hobson Richardson dies at age 47 in Brookline, Mass, of Bright's disease, a historical term for the kidney disorder chronic nephritis. Many important architects learned their craft in the atelier-like environment. | |||
1886/04/27 | Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge | Established | On his last day, Henry H Richardson signs an informal will directing the three assistants still remaining to carry on the business, which is soon formalized as Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. | |||
2007/07/00 | Brookline's 204-year-old H H Richardson House is listed as one of the most endangered historic places in the country. | |||||
2007/12/00 | In early December, the former home and studio of Henry H Richardson is sold for $2.2 million to a financial trust. The sale includes preservation deed restrictions, which requires the trust to restore the Richardson bedroom and the facade of the home. |
Particulars for H H Richardson House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | House |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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