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houses around the square reflect the rarefied privilege enjoyed by the 19th-century upper class in Beacon Hill. The square was surveyed in the 1820s, and the houses around it were designed and built between 1834 and 1847. One of the last private residences built on Louisburg Square was 2 Louisburg
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As of 2014, it is one of the most expensive residential neighborhoods in the USA; townhouses on Louisburg Square sold for $ 11.5 million in 2011 and $ 11 million in 2012, for instance. The square is often included in walking tours and guidebooks. Former
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Square, built in 1847 for wealthy merchant and philanthropist Thomas Handasyd Perkins Jr., known as "Short-Arm Tom", who lived at 1 Joy Street. Among the famous people who lived there in the 19th century were
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8 Louisburg Square, on the park's western side, 2013. The home, built in 1899, was valued at around $ 7 million in 2024
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and his wife Theresa Heinz, own the townhouse at 19 Louisburg Square.
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Southwestern corner of the square, at Mount Vernon Street, c. 1930
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was married in the parlor of a house on Louisburg Square.
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The park itself is a small grassy oval surrounded by a
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Boston
Massachusetts
Beacon Hill
Boston
Massachusetts
Battle of Louisbourg
William Pepperrell
Fortress of Louisbourg
wrought-iron
statue of Christopher Columbus
Aristides the Just
Greek Revival
Atlantic Monthly
William Dean Howells
Charles Bulfinch
John Singleton Copley
A. Bronson Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Jenny Lind
U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry
Looking south from Pinckney Street, c. 1880s
View north from Mount Vernon Street, c. 1930
Southwestern corner of the square, at Mount Vernon Street, c. 1930
Statue of Christopher Columbus, 2009
Statue of Christopher Columbus
8 Louisburg Square, on the park's western side, 2013. The home, built in 1899, was valued at around $ 7 million in 2024

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