Wheeler Revere Little Townhouse
- Address: 140 Marlborough St
- Vicinity: Btw Dartmouth St and Clarendon St
140 Marlborough is a historic townhouse and private home in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
140 Marlborough 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 |
| 1873/00/00 | John Fisher Farrington | Builder | John F Farrington erects 140 Marlborough, 1872-1873, as one of five townhouses he is building for speculative sale. | |||
| 1873/12/20 | Attorney Alexander Strong Wheeler 140 Marlborough on a lot with 23 foot 6 inch frontage. | |||||
| 1874/02/03 | Mary Robbins Revere Little | Home | Alexander Wheeler sells 140 Marlborough to James Lovell Little who lives at 2 Commonwealth (lost). Little is buying 140 Marlborough as trustee for his daughter-in-law, Mary Robbins Revere Little. | |||
| 1874/04/00 | James Lovell Little Jr | Home | Mary and James and Little make a home at 140 Marlborough in Boston, Massachusetts. | |||
| 1878/00/00 | James Lovell Little Sr | Owner | James and Mary Little move from 140 Marlborough to Brookline, Massachusetts. James Little Sr, who owns the townhouse as trustee for Mary Revere Little, leases the residence. | |||
| 1879/12/00 | Horatio Greenough Curtis | Home | Horatio Greenough Curtis and his wife, Annie Neilson Winthrop Curtis, make a home at 140 Marlborough during the 1879-1880 winter season. | |||
| 1881/00/00 | Anne Winthrop Curtis | Home | During the 1881-1882 season, Horatio G Curtis and his wife, Annie Winthrop Curtis, occupy 140 Marlborough. | |||
| 1885/09/00 | Edmund Hamilton Sears Jr | Home, Work | In the Fall, Edmund H Sears moves to the second story of 140 Marlborough and establishes a "day school for young ladies." Sears will stay here until Spring 1888. | |||
| 1886/01/21 | James Lovell Little Jr | Owner | James L Little Sr transfers 140 Marlborough to his son, James L Little Jr, as trustee for his wife, Mary Revere Little. | |||
| 1886/04/00 | James L Little Sr has 140 Marlborough remodeled into a multiple dwelling. | |||||
| 1888/00/00 | Edith Fiske Bradford | Home, Work | By 1888, Miss Delia Murphy runs a lodging house at 140 Marlborough while Miss Edith Annie Fiske conducts a kindergarten school. Miss Fiske lives at 140 Marlborough and in Milton with her parents, Francis Skinner Fiske and Anne Farnsworth Wilson Fiske. | |||
| 1891/00/00 | George R Minot | Education | From the age of six, George Minot attends Fiske School, 1891-1892. Minot will later describe Miss Fiske as "an energetic, able woman of strong character, who each year introduced a new group of little boys and girls into the mysteries of the three R's." | |||
| 1894/00/00 | Harriett Lothrop | Home | Harriet Mulford Lothrop takes rooms at 140 Marlborough. | |||
| 1904/00/00 | Miss Caroline H Fabens operates the Fiske School, which she acquired from Edith Fiske Bradford, with Miss Ada Dana. Miss Fabens lives at 140 Marlborough and in Marblehead while Miss Dana lives in Newton. | |||||
| 1904/00/00 | Late 1904, Miss Jeannette W Forbes and Miss Caroline Hooper Fabens make their home at 140 Marlborough. Miss Forbes rents rooms while Miss Fabens runs the Fiske School. | |||||
| 1921/05/07 | James Lovell Little III sells 140 Marlborough Street to Caroline H Fabens. |
| Particulars for Wheeler Revere Little Townhouse: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Building Style | Townhouse |
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