The Hancock Manor Steps is a stairway located south of Pinebank Promontory in Jamaica Pond park in Boston, Massachusetts. The free-stone staircase and landing is a remnant of the Hancock House built at 30 Beacon Street. The lot is now the Massachusetts State House Annex. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1734/00/00 | Joshua Blanchard begins constructing a three story house (lost) of square-cut granite with Braintree stone quoins at 30 Beacon Street for merchant Thomas Hancock. | Hancock Mansion Door | ||||
| 1737/00/00 | Thomas Hancock | Home | Joshua Blanchard builds a stone house (lost) at 30 Beacon Street for merchant Thomas Hancock, 1734-1737. | Hancock Brackets and Torchieres | ||
| 1745/07/00 | John Hancock | Home | Master Hancock moves to Boston to live with his uncle Thomas Hancock and his aunt Lydia Hancock. From his window, John Hancock can watch the New England's armadas' return to Boston and celebrate their victory in Louisbourg. | Hancock Mansion Door | Siege of Louisbourg, 1745 | |
| 1775/03/17 | John Hancock | Life | Col Hancock's elegant seat (house, lost), situate near the Common, is attacked by a number of British officers, who, with their swords, cut and hack the fence, behave abusively by breaking people's windows and insulting almost every person they meet. | Hancock Mansion Door | Siege of Boston | |
| 1859/00/00 | Nathaniel P Banks | Governor | Governor Nathaniel Banks proposes that the city purchase the elegant Hancock mansion for use as the governor's mansion. | |||
| 1863/02/13 | After their offer to sell the dwelling to the city is rejected, the heirs sell the estate for $125,000 to private buyers. The Hancock Mansion is used as a museum for a few months while people attempt to have it moved to Boston Common. | |||||
| 1863/06/00 | The Hancock House is sold public auction to William Dalrymple for $230. Mr Dalrymple has 10 days to take what he wants from the residence before the owners of the estate demolish the house. | Hancock Mansion Door |
| Particulars for Hancock House Steps, Boston: | |
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| Sight Category | Landscape |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Structure | Stair, Step |
| Sight Category | Structure |
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