29A Chestnut Street (Boston, Massachusetts)

USA / Massachusetts / Somerville / Boston, Massachusetts / Chestnut Street, 29A

house, place with historical importance, Federal style (architecture), 1790s construction

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Built by famed architect Charles Bulfinch in 1799. Notable for its purple bay window panes, a result of excessive manganese oxide in the manufacturing process. Once housed Edwin Booth, brother of Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth.

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon_Proprietors

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Coordinates: 42°21'27"N 71°4'4"W

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