Boylston Villa, Princeton, MA -postcard, c 1908

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Title

Boylston Villa, Princeton, MA -postcard, c 1908

Subject

Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Princeton; Boylston Villa; Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845; Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844

Description

A postcard showing the Boylston Villa in Princeton, Massachusetts. Ward Nicholas Boylston built Boylston Villa as a summer home in 1819 on the former Governor Gill estate. Construction was overseen by Asher Benjamin, the author of "The Practical House Carpenter." (1789) and an architect from the Charles Bulfinch firm. Changes to the Villa were made in 1853 when Boylston's daughters were married. Along with the house, the original eight-seater, two-door octagonal outhouse still exists on the property today.

Creator

Make, Eddy

Publisher

Date

1908?

Relation

Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.

Format

image/jpg

Language

en-US

Type

Image

Identifier

PHS-2007-10-1-002

Files

Citation

Make, Eddy, “Boylston Villa, Princeton, MA -postcard, c 1908,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 19, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1058.

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