28 Marlborough Street

22-30 Marlborough Street

28 Marlborough Street was built ca. 1863 for the Thorndike Estate, one of five contiguous houses (22-24-26-28-30 Marlborough) built for them at the same time.

By 1865, 28 Marlborough was the home of merchandise broker Alfred Belcher Hall and his wife, Margaret Welch (Phillips) Hall.  Margaret Hall's brother, John Charles Phillips, Jr., lived with them.  By 1868, the Halls had moved to 179 Beacon Street.

By 1870, 28 Marlborough was the home of Henry Sturgis Grew and his wife, Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew.  They also maintained a home in Hyde Park and a summer residence in Manchester.

Henry Sturgis Grew had been a shipping merchant with the firm of Russell and Company, spending much of his career in Shanghai.  After returning to Boston in 1867, he was an officer, director, or trustee of several banks and manufacturing companies.

The Grews continued to live at 28 Marlborough in 1872, joined by Dr. Benjamin Shurtleff Shaw, a physician, and his wife, Amelia Copeland (Tribou) Shaw.

By 1875, the Grews had moved to 89 Beacon Street.

Benjamin and Amelia Shaw continued to live at 28 Marlborough.  He is shown as the owner on the 1874 Hopkins map and the 1883 and 1888 Bromley maps.

He died in May of 1893, and in 1894 and 1895, 28 Marlborough was temporarily the home of Dr. George Holmes Bixby, a physician.

By 1897, Amelia Shaw was once again living at 28 Marlborough.  She is shown as the owner on the 1908 Bromley map.  She continued to live there until her death in June of 1910.

By 1911, 28 Marlborough was the home of Maximilian Agassiz.  He is shown as the owner on the 1917 Bromley map.  He also maintained a summer home in Newport.

Maximilian Agassiz was the son of Alexander Agassiz, developer of the Calumet and Hecla copper mines in Michigan, and the grandson of noted zoologist and Professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz.  He appears to have lived on his inherited investments, and was known as a clubman and yachtsman.  He was a major benefactor of Burroughs Newsboys Foundation, founding a recreational camp in Maine and providing scholarships to send newsboys to college.

He continued to live at 28 Marlborough in 1920.

In September of 1921, he married to Laura M. (Maynes) Boyd.  They had been engaged in 1913, but the engagement was terminated and she married a Mr. Boyd instead (the Boyds divorced after two years).

28 Marlborough was not listed in the 1922 Blue Book.

By 1923, 28 Marlborough was the home of George Clapp Andrew and his wife, Anne Bartlett (Shaw) Andrew.  Anne B. Andrew is shown as the owner on the 1928 Bromley map.  They also maintained a summer home at Annisquam.

George Andrew was sales manager of a paper manufacturing company.

The Andrews continued to live at 28 Marlborough in 1937, and probably later.  Anne B. Andrew continued to be shown as the owner on the 1938 Bromley map.

In July of 1940, Anne Andrew filed for permission to allow private massage to be offered at 28 Marlborough.  The Board of Appeal denied her application.

By 1945, it was the home of Tudor Amstel de Marillac, a cosmetics manufacturer, and his wife, Marie Louise.  They continued to live there in 1947.

By 1954, 28 Marlborough was owned by Darius W. Horton.  In March of 1954, he converted the house from a single-family dwelling into a two-family dwelling and lodging house.

By 1964, it was owned by Fisher College, which converted the house into a dormitory.  It continued to be a Fisher College dormitory in 1967.

By 1968, 28 Marlborough was owned by David C. Keating, who continued to operate it as a lodging house or, possibly as a dormitory for Fisher College.

The house subsequently changed hands several times, remaining a lodging house or, possibly, a dormitory.