5 Marlborough Street

3-5-7 Marlborough Street

5 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.

By 1865, 5 Marlborough was the Boston home of horticulturalist and landscape gardener Henry Winthrop Sargent and his wife Caroline (Olmstead) Sargent.  The Sargents' primary residence was at their estate, "Wodenethe" overlooking the Hudson in Fishkill Landing (now Beacon) New York.

Henry Sargent died in November of 1882, and 5 Marlborough continued to be Caroline Sargent's Boston residence in 1885.  She no longer was listed there in the 1888 City Directory, but the property remained in the Sargent family for thirty or more years, inasmuch as Henry Sargent's Heirs are shown as the owners on the 1888, 1908, and 1917 Bromley maps.

By 1888, 5 Marlborough had been leased by woolen merchant and manufacturer George Keith Guild and his wife, Marion (Pelton) Guild.  They had been married in November of 1887, and 5 Marlborough probably was their first home together.  They also maintained a home at Mt. Vernon in West Roxbury.  They continued to live at 5 Marlborough in 1890.

By 1892, it was the home of John Healey Childe and his wife, Jessie Duncan (Clark) Childe.  By 1895, they had moved to 103 Beacon Street.

5 Marlborough was not listed in the 1893 and 1894 Blue Books.

By 1895, it was leased from the Winthrop family for use as a private school.  It continued to be listed as such in the Blue Books through 1899.  In 1900 and 1901, it was shown as the home of Miss Elizabeth C. Bridge, a teacher, and it is possible that she was the operator of the school.

The house was not listed in the 1902 Blue Book.

By 1903, 5 Marlborough had been leased by Dr. Hugh Cabot and his wife, Mary Anderson (Boit) Cabot.  Hugh Cabot was a surgeon and urologist, in practice with his cousin, Dr. Arthur Tracy Cabot, who lived at 3 Marlborough.  They maintained their practice at 1 Marlborough (owned by Arthur Cabot), which also was a boarding house where Hugh Cabot lived before his marriage to Mary Boit in 1902.

Hugh and Mary Cabot continued to live at 5 Marlborough in 1907, but had purchased and moved to 87 Marlborough by 1908.

By 1909, 5 Marlborough was leased from the Winthrop family by Mrs. Agnes (Olney) Minot, widow of dry goods merchant George Richards Minot, Jr.  She continued to live there in 1913.

In June of 1914, Winthrop Sargent (Henry Sargent's son) received approval from the Board of Appeal to replace the existing wooden ell and shed at the rear of the building with a new, terra cotta ell.

By 1915, 5 Marlborough was leased by cotton broker Rudolph Weld and his wife, Sylvia Caroline (Parsons) Weld.  In 1913, they had lived at 113 Marlborough.  They continued to live at 5 Marlborough in 1917, but had moved to 63 Marlborough by 1920.

By 1920, 5 Marlborough was the home of Mrs. Elizabeth (Brooks) Wheelwright, the widow of architect Edmund March Wheelwright, and their daughter, Louise. By 1922, they had moved to 80 Marlborough.

By 1922, it was the home of Dr. Arthur W. Doubleday, a dentist, and his wife, Florence.  At the time of the 1920 US Census, they had rented at 220 Marlborough.  They continued to live at 5 Marlborough in 1924.

By 1925, 5 Marlborough was the Boston home of Thomas, Hugh, and Dorothy Codman, brothers and sister.  Their older brother, Ogden Codman, Jr., was the noted architect and interior designer.  Dorothy Codman is shown as the owner on the 1928 and 1938 Bromley maps.  They also maintained a home in Lincoln.

Hugh Codman died in the 1940s, and Dorothy (and probably Thomas) Codman continued maintain their Boston home at 5 Marlborough in 1951.

By 1953, 5 Marlborough was owned by Joseph Mayo.  In December of 1953. he converted the house from a single-family dwelling into six apartments.

The house subsequently changed hands several times, and remained a six-family apartment house as of 2007.