226 Beacon Street

226 Beacon Street

226 Beacon Street was built ca. 1864 for merchant and cotton broker George Phineas Upham, one of two contiguous houses (226-228 Beacon).

After they were completed, 226 Beacon became the home of his widowed mother, Mary Avery (Baldwin) Upham, the widow of Phineas Upham.  She continued to lived there until her death in 1872.

By 1875, 226 Beacon was the home of Marshall Sears Scudder and his wife, Rebecca Coit (Blatchford) Scudder.  John S. Blatchford, a relative of Mrs. Scudder, lived with them.

Marshall Scudder was treasurer of the Walworth Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of heating equipment and systems.  He died in August of 1875.

By 1876, it was the home of George W. Wright.  He had lived in 208 Beacon in 1875.

By 1877, 226 Beacon was the home of wholesale grocer Jacob McGaw Haskell and his wife, Adeline Locke (Clark) Haskell.  Adaline L. Haskell is shown as the owner on the 1883 and 1888 Bromley maps.

Jacob Haskell died in November of 1906, and Adeline Haskell continued to live at 226 Beacon.  Adeline L. Haskell et al are shown as the owner on the 1908 and 1917 Bromley maps.  She also maintained a summer home in Beverly.

Adeline Haskell died between 1917 and 1920, and thereafter 226 Beacon was the home of her daughter, Adeline Mayhew Haskell.  She continued to maintain her summer home in North Beverly.

In May of 1930, she applied for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the stables at the rear of the property into a garage.

The 1938 Bromley Atlas shows the heirs of Adeline Haskell as the owners of this building.

Adeline Haskell continued to live at 226 Beacon in 1945.  By 1947, it was the home of her nephew, Edmund Ralph Haskell, a civil engineer, and his wife, Helen.  They continued to live there in 1961.

By 1962, 226 Beacon was owned by Penwood Realty. In October of 1962, it filed for (and subsequently received) permission to remodel the house and convert it from a "residence" into eight apartments, including lowering the front entrance to street level.  In April of 1963, it amended the plans to construct a one story heater house at the rear of the property, replacing the former garage, which had been torn down.

In November of 1969, the Beacon Street Improvement Company filed for permission to tear down 222-224-226-228-230-232-234 Beacon and replace it with a 32-story, steel framed and brick clad tower at the northeast corner of Beacon and Dartmouth.  The building would have had 96 units and a 100 car garage.  The project was not pursued.