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Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Beacon St.: Brewer-Beebe House: Demolition: Photos
GUSN-195090
A portion of the Beebe-Brewer houses remains standing in front of the Massachusetts State House. The mansions, built by two Boston merchants, James Madison Beebe and Gardner Brewer, on the grounds of the John Hancock House after that landmark was destroyed, were demolished to make room for the lawn of the new West Wing of the State House. The Swift-McNutt Company of Boston tore down the buildings.
façades
brownstones (houses)
capitols
demolition
mansions
exterior views
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000284
AccessID 408
Other identifier HNEDID-000284
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.TMP.052
March 1917
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Appleton, William Sumner, 1874-1947 (photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Beebe, James M. (James Madison), 1809-1875
Swift-McNutt Co.
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Brewer-Beebe House (Boston, Mass.)
streets -- maintenance and repair
Architectural photography
Item
Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Beacon St.: Brewer-Beebe House: Demolition: Photos
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