18 Marlborough Street

18 Marlborough Street

18 Marlborough Street was built ca. 1865, one of two contiguous houses (18-20 Marlborough) built for John Revere.

John Revere was treasurer and later president of the Revere Copper Company.  He had 18 Marlborough built for his unmarried sister-in-law, Ann Duncan Torrey, and 20 Marlborough built for his sister-in-law, Sarah Parker (Torrey) Linzee, who had been widowed in 1863.

Ann Torrey lived at 18 Marlborough from the time it was built.  She is shown as the owner on the 1874 Hopkins map and the 1883 and 1888 Bromley maps.

In 1878 and 1879, she was living elsewhere and 18 Marlborough was the home of attorney William Fisher Wharton and his wife, Fanny (Pickman) Wharton.  They had been married in October of 1877, and 18 Marlborough probably was their first home together.  By 1880, they had moved to a new home they had built at 133 Commonwealth Avenue, and 18 Marlborough once again became the home of Ann Torrey.

She continued to live there until about 1903, when she moved next door to 20 Marlborough to live with her niece, Elizabeth Linzee, after her sister Sarah (Torrey) Linzee's death in February of that year.

Ann Torrey continued to be shown as the owner of 18 Marlborough on the 1908 Bromley map.

By 1904, 18 Marlborough was leased by Arthur Russell Sharp and his wife, Mary (Sparks) Sharp.  He had been affiliated with the Canoe River Cotton Mills in Taunton until 1903.  After leaving that firm, he and his wife lived at 18 Marlborough during the 1903-1904 winter season.  In late 1903 or early 1904, he became general manager of the New England Yarn Company, and they moved back to Taunton.

By 1905, 18 Marlborough was the home of lawyer William Endicott Dexter and his wife, Mary Fitzhugh (Lindsay) Dexter.  They continued to live there in 1907, but had moved to 231 Marlborough by 1908.

By 1908, 18 Marlborough was the home of attorney Richard S. Dow and his wife, Abbie (Rawson) Dow.  In 1907, they had lived at 32 Fairfield Street.  By 1909, they had purchased and moved to 77 Marlborough.

By 1910, 18 Marlborough was the home of Mrs. Anna Maria (Warren) Glidden, the widow of commission merchant and guano manufacturer John Murray Glidden, who had died in March of 1906.  Prior to his death, the Gliddens probably had lived in Newcastle, Maine.  She continued to live at 18 Marlborough in 1911, but by 1913, had moved to 174 Marlborough.

By 1913, 18 Marlborough was the home of banker John Torrey Linzee and his wife Anita Homer (Manson) Linzee.  He was son of Sarah (Torrey) Linzee and the nephew of Ann D. Torrey, the original resident.  John and Anita Linzee had lived at 229 Marlborough in 1911.

John Linzee died in November or December of 1917.  Anita Linzee moved to an apartment at 261 Beacon Street.

18 Marlborough apparently was owned by John Torrey Linzee's sister, Marian (Linzee) Weld, who is shown as the owner on the 1917 Bromley map.  Her husband, dry goods merchant and banker Christopher Minot Weld, died in August of 1918, and she subsequently moved to 18 Marlborough, where she was living at the time of the 1920 US Census.  She also maintained a summer residence in Milton.  By 1922, she had moved to 4 Marlborough.

By 1922, 18 Marlborough was the home of jeweller Carl H. Skinner and his wife, Belle.  They had been married in 1920 or 1921, and 18 Marlborough probably was their first home together.  They continued to live there in 1927.

By 1928, it was the home of cotton mill owner Thomas Spriggs Blumer and his wife Nancy (Scott) Blumer.  Nancy Blumer is shown as the owner on the 1928 Bromley map.  They continued to live there until 1937, and probably later; Nancy Blumer continued to be shown as the owner on the 1938 Bromley map.