Nathan Appleton Residence

Nathan Appleton Residence
Appleton, Nathan, Residence
Interior, Parker House
Nathan Appleton Residence is located in Massachusetts
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°21′25.06″N 71°3′58.41″W / 42.3569611°N 71.066225°W / 42.3569611; -71.066225Coordinates: 42°21′25.06″N 71°3′58.41″W / 42.3569611°N 71.066225°W / 42.3569611; -71.066225
Built: 1821
Architect: Walsh,Richard; Parris,Alexander
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 77001541[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: December 22, 1977
Designated NHL: December 22, 1977

The Nathan Appleton Residence, also known as the Appleton-Parker House, is a historic house located at 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark.

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History

The property here had been owned by painter John Singleton Copley and much of the land had been purchased by Dr. John Joy, who headed a real estate company. In 1819, Nathan Appleton and hotel owner Daniel P. Parker bought a home that had been standing on the property and tore it down. They then had the twin house built, designed by architect Alexander Parris and numbered 39 and 40 Beacon Street.[2] In 1843 Appleton's daughter Frances (Fanny) was married in this house to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[3]

From 1914 to the 1990s it housed the Women's City Club of Boston. It is currently privately owned.

Nathan Appleton House from Boston Common

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Tharp, Louise Hall. The Appletons of Beacon Hill. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973: 8.
  3. ^ Calhoun, Charles C. Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004: 165. ISBN 0807070262.

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