Louisburg Square is a private square located in the Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Boston. It was named for the 1745 Battle of Louisbourg, in which Massachusetts militiamen led by William Pepperrell, who was made the first American baronet for his role, sacked the French fortress located on the site. The Greek Revival houses around the square reflect the rarefied privilege enjoyed by the 19th century upper class in Beacon Hill.

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  • Louisburg Square is a private square located in the Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Boston. It was named for the 1745 Battle of Louisbourg, in which Massachusetts militiamen led by William Pepperrell, who was made the first American baronet for his role, sacked the French fortress located on the site. The Greek Revival houses around the square reflect the rarefied privilege enjoyed by the 19th century upper class in Beacon Hill. The Atlantic Monthly editor William Dean Howells, teacher A. Bronson Alcott and his daughter, author Louisa May Alcott, are among the famous people who lived there in the 19th Century. One of the last private residences built on Louisburg Square was 2 Louisburg Square, built in 1847 for wealthy merchant and philanthropist Thomas Handasyd Perkins Jr. , known as 'short-arm Tom,' who lived at 1 Joy Street. Currently it is one of the most expensive residential neighborhoods in the country, and an oft-included landmark in walking tours and guidebooks. U.S. Senator John Kerry owns a townhouse on Louisburg Square. The average cost of a townhouse on the street exceeds $6 million and reaches as high as $20 million.
  • Louisburg Square est un parc du quartier de Beacon Hill à Boston. Le quartier est réputé pour son architecture de style fédéral. Il comporte de nombreuses maisons en briques construites par le célèbre architecte bostonien Charles Bulfinch. Ce dernier ramena de son voyage en Europe les conceptions architecturales anglaises qu'il voulut adapter en Amérique : le Louisburg Square (1826-1840) imite un square résidentiel londonien. Les plus belles se concentrent sur Mount Vernon Street et ont été construites au début du XIXModèle:E siècle. La chapelle du couvent de Sainte-Marguerite (St. Margaret's Convent) a été édifiée en 1882 sur les plans d'Henry Vaughan. Le quartier est l'un des plus chics de Boston : John Kerry y tient une propriété. Au XIXModèle:E siècle, les grands bourgeois de la ville et plusieurs personnalités y habitaient : William Dean Howells ou encore la famille Alcotts, Louisa May Alcott.
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  • Louisburg Square is a private square located in the Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Boston. It was named for the 1745 Battle of Louisbourg, in which Massachusetts militiamen led by William Pepperrell, who was made the first American baronet for his role, sacked the French fortress located on the site. The Greek Revival houses around the square reflect the rarefied privilege enjoyed by the 19th century upper class in Beacon Hill.
  • Louisburg Square est un parc du quartier de Beacon Hill à Boston. Le quartier est réputé pour son architecture de style fédéral. Il comporte de nombreuses maisons en briques construites par le célèbre architecte bostonien Charles Bulfinch. Ce dernier ramena de son voyage en Europe les conceptions architecturales anglaises qu'il voulut adapter en Amérique : le Louisburg Square (1826-1840) imite un square résidentiel londonien.
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