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William Hickling Prescott House Review
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William Hickling Prescott House
Houses / Mansions, Beacon Hill and Boston Common
Fodor's Review:
A modest but engaging house museum has been installed in this 1808 Federal structure designed by Asher Benjamin. Now the headquarters for the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames of America, the house was the home of noted historian William Hickling Prescott from 1845 to 1859. Some rooms are furnished with period furniture, including the former study with Prescott's desk and "noctograph," which helped the nearly blind scholar write. (He was blinded in one eye by a flying crust of bread during a food fight at Harvard.) Ask about Prescott's secret staircase, which allowed him to escape into his study from boring guests in the parlor. The house also has a fine costume collection.
INFO
- Address: 55 Beacon St., Beacon Hill, Boston, MA
- Phone: 617/742-3190
- Web site
- Cost: $5
- Open: Tours May-Oct., Wed., Thurs., and Sat. noon-4
- Metro: Park St., Charles/MGH
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