The Story of a House
Official Blog of Glessner House
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
The Glessners Venture Across the Atlantic - 1890
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Photo by G. Sommer of Naples, Italy In February of 1890, the Glessner family embarked on their first overseas journey. For the next t...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Frances Glessner Lee and Erle Stanley Gardner
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970), creator of that crime-solving attorney Perry Mason, was an avid admirer of Frances Glessner Lee, capt...
Monday, October 9, 2017
Society for Photographing Relics of Old London
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On February 3, 18 87, Frances Glessner wrote in her journal that her husband John brought home a large stack of photos of London. These ph...
Monday, September 4, 2017
Postcards from Boston #5 - Engine Company 33
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Located at 941 and 951 Boylston St. in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, two adjoining Richardsonian Romanesque buildings were originally...
Monday, August 28, 2017
Postcards from Boston #4 - First Baptist Church
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Richardson’s first church design in Boston’s Back Bay is overshadowed by his monumental Trinity Church, which gave him a national reput...
Monday, August 21, 2017
Postcards from Boston #3 - Trinity Church Rectory
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Three years after the completion of Trinity Church, H. H. Richardson was invited back by the congregation to design a rectory for Rev. ...
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