H H Richardson House


  • Address: 25 Cottage St
  • Vicinity: SE of Warren Street
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for H H Richardson House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Building Type House
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling




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