113 Beacon Street

113 Beacon Street

113 Beacon Street was designed by architect Nathaniel J. Bradlee and built ca. 1863, one of two contiguous houses (113-115 Beacon) built for dry goods merchant John Tisdale Bradlee.  He and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (Goddard) Bradlee, lived at 115 Beacon, and his mother, Mrs. Frances Ann (Tisdale) Bradlee, widow of John Rice Bradlee, lived at 113 Beacon.

Frances Bradlee died in July of 1867.  After her death, John and Sarah Bradlee moved to 113 Beacon.  They continued to own 115 Beacon and lease it to others.

Seth Pettee, Trustee, is shown as the owner of both 113 and 115 Beacon on the 1874 Hopkins map, Thomas E. Chamberlin, Trustee, is shown as the owner of both on the 1883 and 1888 Bromley maps, and John T. Bradlee is shown as the owner of both on the 1908 map.

John Bradlee died in May of 1908, and Sarah Bradlee continued to live there until her death in January of 1923.  She is shown as the owner of both 113 and 115 Beacon on the 1917 Bromley map.

By 1925, 113 Beacon was the home of Harry Brewerton Duane and his wife, Isabel (Raymond) Duane.  Isabel R. Duane is shown as the owner on the 1928 Bromley map.  The Duanes also maintained a summer home in Manchester.

In 1925, Harry Duane was president of The Touraine Co., manufacturers of chocolate candy, and also president of The Dangel Co., bank stationers, lithographers, and printers.

They continued to live at 113 Beacon in 1937, and Isabel Duane continued to be shown as the owner on the 1938 Bromley map.

By 1942, 113 Beacon was owned by Mrs. Emma Feer.  In December of 1942, she converted it from a single-family dwelling into a lodging house.  At the same time, Mrs. Elizabeth Krauss converted 115 Beacon from a single-family dwelling to a lodging house.  Connecting fire balconies were constructed between the two buildings.

113 Beacon subsequently changed hands, but continued to be operated as a lodging house.

In July of 1978, it was purchased by Ronald V. Livesey.  In March of 1982, he remodeled it and converted it from a lodging house into thirteen apartments.  As part of the application, he proposed erecting a three-car garage at the rear.  In August of 1983, he filed to amend the plans, adding an additional story on top of the garage to be used as living space.

In February of 1988, Ronald Livesey filed a condominium master deed to convert 113 Beacon into thirteen condominiums.  The conversion was never completed and in 1990, the property was sold as a result of a mortgage foreclosure.