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Tasha Tudor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, as Starling Burgess, the daughter of naval architect W. Starling Burgess and noted portrait painter Rosamund Tudor. At birth, she was named "Starling" after her father, but he was an admirer of the War and Peace character Natasha, and his daughter was soon re-christened Natasha, which was later shortened to Tasha.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (1845 (), as the New England Historic-Genealogical Society) [1] Founders: Charles Ewer (1790–1853) Lemuel Shattuck (1793–1859) Samuel Gardner Drake (1798–1875) William Henry Montague (1804–1889) John Wingate Thornton (1818–1878) Type: Genealogical society: Purpose: Family history, Genealogy, Kinship and ...
The Manning Manse is a historic house at 56 Chelmsford Road in North Billerica, Massachusetts.Built about 1696, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Billerica. It has further associations with local and nationally prominent members of the Manning family, and is a significant early example of historic preservation in the United Stat
The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) is a review board for state and federal preservation programs for the United States state of Massachusetts. It consists of 17-member panel of appointed representatives from state and private agencies and is concerned with overview of Massachusetts historic and architectural preservation efforts.
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history. The Massachusetts Historical Society was established in 1791 and is located at 1154 Boylston Street in Boston , Massachusetts, and is the oldest historical society in the United States.
The house remained within the Balch family until 1916, though with periods of tenant rental. It was then acquired by the Balch Family Association. [2] They hired Norman Isham, a popular preservation architect, to evaluate the house. After finding original rafters in the attic, he recommended that the back lean-to be ripped off and the southern ...
Maria Mitchell Association; Martin House and Farm; Mary Baker Eddy Historic House; Mary Baker Eddy House (Lynn, Massachusetts) Mayflower House Museum; Arrowhead (Herman Melville House) Merwin House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts) Mission House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts) The Mount (Lenox, Massachusetts) Munroe Tavern (Lexington, Massachusetts)
The Quincy family / ˈ k w ɪ n z i / was a prominent political family in Massachusetts from the mid-17th century through to the early 20th century. It is connected to the Adams political family through Abigail Adams. [1] [2] [3] The family estate was in Mount Wollaston, first independent, then part of Braintree, Massachusetts, and now the city ...