20 Gloucester
- Address: 20 Gloucester St
- Vicinity: Btw Marlborough St and Commonwealth Ave
20 Gloucester is a historic townhouse and private home in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
20 Gloucester is a historic townhouse and private home in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1885/04/25 | Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot | Owner | Mary Adams buys a residential lot from a trust established under the will of William Powell Mason for the benefit of his daughter, Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot, the wife of Walter Channing Cabot. | |||
| 1886/00/00 | Peabody and Stearns | Architect | Construction begins on a new townhouse at 20 Gloucester, Boston. The interior will be vastly comfortable, pleasant, cheerful, luxurious, even, but not in the least ostentatious way with a homelike air, an interior which suggests refinement and leisure. | |||
| 1886/02/15 | Mary Ogden Adams | Home | Mary Adams, wife of Charles Francis Adams, is shown as the owner on a building permit application for a new townhouse at 20 Gloucester, Boston. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | Woodbury and Leighton | Contractor | Woodbury and Leighton complete a Richardson Romanesque style townhouse for Mary and Charles Adams in Boston's Back bay neighborhood. | |||
| 1887/12/17 | Charles Francis Adams Jr | Home | The most conspicuous feature of the design is a very large circular tower on the corner, which rises to a steep conical roof of red slate tiles and dominates the whole building. - Boston Evening Transcript | |||
| 1896/09/28 | Washington Butcher Thomas buys 20 Gloucester from Charles Francis Adams. Washington Thomas and his wife, Caroline (Wadleigh) Thomas, previously had lived at 285 Commonwealth. |
| Particulars for 20 Gloucester: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Owner | Private |
| Architectural Style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Building Style | Townhouse |
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