Gibson House Museum
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| Gibson House | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
 Front of the Gibson House Museum on Beacon Street
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| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42°21′17.76″N 71°4′27.82″W / 42.3549333°N 71.0743944°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1859-60[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 07, 2001[2] |
| Designated NHL: | August 7, 2001[3] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 01001048 |
The Gibson House Museum is a historic house museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. It preserves the 1860 building occupied by three generations of the Gibson family.
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[edit] History
The widowed Catherine Hammond Gibson purchased the newly filled in land for $3, 696 in 1859 in order to move away from Beacon Hill.[4] Edward Clarke Cabot designed the building which was finished by 1860 in the Italian Renaissance style with an exterior of brownstone and red brick. [1] She passed it on to her son Charles Hammond Gibson.
After Charles Hammond Gibson, Jr., died in 1954, the house became a museum in 1957, and in 2001 was declared a National Historic Landmark. The Gibson House's landmark status is due to its claim that it is the only Victorian era row house in Boston's Back Bay to maintain the integral relationship between the exterior architectural shell and the original interior plan, with its accompanying decorative schemes.[5] Its interior is a composite of family furnishings and pieces added to make it more complete.[6]
[edit] Museum
The museum is not well known and runs on a $100,000 yearly budget.[4]
[edit] Gallery
 Closer view of the museum as photographed from sidewalk |
 Informational commemorative plaque affixed to the building |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Gibson House Museum History". Gibson House Museum. The Gibson Society, Inc.. http://www.thegibsonhouse.org/history.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ "Gibson House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1338162094&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ a b Collins, Monica (December 18, 2005). "A lonely outpost of Back Bay past". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/12/18/a_lonely_outpost_of_back_bay_past/. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ A study report of Gibson House Museum: 137 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts / written by Catherine L. Seiberling; based in part on research by Stephen Jerome; Publisher: Boston: Gibson House, c1991, book 4, p. 2
- ^ A study report of Gibson House Museum: 137 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts / written by Catherine L. Seiberling; based in part on research by Stephen Jerome; Publisher: Boston: Gibson House, c1991, book 3, p. 52
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