3 Marlborough Street

3 Marlborough Street

3 Marlborough Street was built ca. 1863, one of three contiguous houses (3-5-7 Marlborough) that form a symmetrical composition with a single entrance porch.

3 Marlborough was built for attorney George Otis Shattuck and his wife, Emily (Copeland) Shattuck.  In 1862, they had lived at 71 Revere Street.

They continued to live at 3 Marlborough until about 1882, when they moved to 166 Beacon Street, which they had built as their new home.

By 1884, 3 Marlborough was the home of the Shattucks' son-in-law and daughter, Dr. Arthur Tracy Cabot and Susan (Shattuck) Cabot.  The Shattucks probably gift-deeded the house to their daughter, inasmuch as she is shown as the owner on the 1883, 1888, and 1908 Bromley maps.

Arthur Cabot was a surgeon specializing in genito-urology.  In about 1894, he purchased 1 Marlborough, next door, to serve as his medical office.  His cousin, Dr. Hugh Cabot, joined his practice in about 1900, and they continued to maintain their practice there until Arthur Cabot's death in 1912.  In addition to medical offices, 1 Marlborough also was a boarding house, with up to seven (and possibly more) boarders living there.  Hugh Cabot lived there as a boarder from about 1900 until his marriage in 1902 to Mary Boit, after which they moved to 5 Marlborough.

Arthur Cabot died in November of 1912.  After his death, Susan Cabot moved to 36 Commonwealth Avenue.

By 1913, 3 Marlborough had become the home of Arthur Cabot's nephew, Philip Cabot, the twin brother of Dr. Hugh Cabot.  In 1911, he had lived at 1 Mount Vernon Square.  Philip Cabot is shown as the owner of 3 Marlborough on the 1917 Bromley map.

He was a real estate trustee and investor.  He and his wife, Lucy (Fuller) Cabot, had divorced in 1911 and his two daughters, Sylvia and Faith, lived with him.  They continued to live at 3 Marlborough in 1917, but had moved to Milton by 1920.

By 1920, 3 Marlborough was owned by dry goods merchant William Whitman, Jr.  He and his wife, Ruth (Loring) Whitman, lived at 17 Commonwealth Avenue.

In July of 1920, he replaced the existing wooden laundry and sheds at the rear of 3 Marlborough with a brick ell, designed by his brother-in-law, architect Charles Greely Loring.

In 1920, 3 Marlborough was rented by Richard Hathaway Morgan and his wife, Joanna White (Davis) Morgan.  Richard Morgan was a retired manufacturer from New Bedford; he and his wife also maintained a residence in Plymouth.  Living with the Morgans at 3 Marlborough was her brother, Charles Stevenson Davis, a lawyer.

By 1922, 3 Marlborough was leased by attorney Walter I. Badger, Jr., and his wife, Jane (Bullard) Badger.  They also maintained a summer home at West Chop on Martha's Vineyard.

The Badgers continued to live at 3 Marlborough in 1937, and probably later.  William Whitman, Jr., et al, Trustees, continued to be shown as the owners on 1928 and 1938 Bromley maps.

By 1940, 3 Marlborough was owned by publisher and author Gurdon Saltonstall Worcester.  In May of 1949, his wife, Natalie B. (Shipman) Worcestor, received permission to install a fire balcony on the second floor, in the front, connecting the building with 1 Marlborough.  The house remained a private residence at that time.

The house subsequently changed hands several times, and by the 1970s had been converted into apartments, although no record of the change in occupancy appears to have been filed with the Building Department.