Gibson House Museum
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This article is about the museum in Boston, Massachusetts. For other uses, see Gibson House (disambiguation).
| Gibson House | |
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| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1859-60[1] |
| Designated as NHL: | August 5, 1998[2] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 07, 2001[3] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 01001048 |
The Gibson House Museum is a non-profit museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.
The house was designed by architect Edward Clarke Cabot, and built 1859-60 in the Italian Renaissance style with an exterior of brownstone and red brick. It was occupied by three generations of the Gibson family. After Charles Hammond Gibson, Jr., died in 1954, the house became a museum. It officially opened to the public as a museum in 1957, and in 2001 was declared a National Historic Landmark.
 Closer view of the museum as photographed from sidewalk |
 Informational commemorative plaque affixed to the building |
[edit] References
- ^ Gibson House Museum History. Gibson House Museum. The Gibson Society, Inc. (2008).
- ^ Gibson House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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