Louisburg Square

Louisburg Square

Louisburg Square is a private square located in the Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Boston. It was named for the 1745 Battle of Louisburg, in which Massachusetts Militiamen led by William Pepperrell, who was made the first American baronet for his role, sacked the French Fortress located on the site.

The Greek Revival houses around the square reflect the rarefied privilege enjoyed by the 19th century upper class in Beacon Hill. "The Atlantic Monthly" editor William Dean Howells, teacher A. Bronson Alcott and his daughter, author Louisa May Alcott, are among the famous people who lived there in the 19th Century. One of the last private residences built on Louisburg Square was 2 Louisburg Square, built in 1847 for wealthy merchant and philanthropist Thomas Handasyd Perkins Jr., known as 'short-arm Tom,' who lived around the corner at 1 Joy Street.

Currently it is the most expensive residential neighborhood in the country, and an oft-included landmark in walking tours and guidebooks. U.S. Senator John Kerry owns a townhouse on Louisburg Square. The average cost of a townhouse on the street exceeds $6 million and reaches as high as $20 million.

The land the square now occupies was derogatively called "Mount Whoredom" in the late 18th Century. [http://bostonhistory.typepad.com/notes_on_the_urban_condit/2006/06/detail_of.html]

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* [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/archtour1.html Selected Monuments on Beacon Hill and in the Back Bay.]


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