William C. Nell Residence
| William C. Nell Residence | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
| Historic District Contributing Property | |||
 The house in 2012 |
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| location | Boston , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '36.6 " N , 71 ° 3' 56.7" W | ||
| Built | 1851 | ||
| architect | William Lancaster, Benajah Bringham | ||
| Architectural style | Federal style | ||
| NRHP number | 76001979 | ||
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| The NRHP added | May 11, 1976 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | May 11, 1976 | ||
| Declared as CP | October 15, 1966 | ||
As William C. Nell Residence (also known as James Scott and William C. Nell House ) of the since 1976 the former home of abolitionist William Cooper Nell with the status of a National Historic Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places entered. The building is located in the Boston borough of Beacon Hill in the state of Massachusetts in the United States and has been a contributing property of the Beacon Hill Historic District since 1966 . It is part of the Black Heritage Trail and one of the stops on tours starting at the Boston African American National Historic Site .
architecture
The house, built in Federal style on a brick foundation, is made entirely of wood, with the exception of the rear walls made of brick and windowless, and is three bays wide and three stories high. A two-story annex was added to each of the two narrow ends of the building, which was mainly painted a pale yellow color. The roof rises gently from south to north and is with asphalt - shingles covered. The wall at the rear protrudes slightly over the roof, thus forming a low parapet .
A single granite step leads up to the main entrance , which is believed to have been preserved in its original state. The entrance is flanked by slightly convex pilasters that support a narrow, unadorned architrave that is set off from the frieze by concave rods . Above the frieze, a cornice leads horizontally to the respective ends of the yoke. The front door was renewed at an unknown time and therefore no longer corresponds to the original.
Historical meaning
William Cooper Nell , born in 1816, lived in this house from 1851 to 1856 and was the first African American to publish a book on the history of the black population in 1855 . Above all, he expressed his support for the participation of African Americans in the American War of Independence and the British-American War . He also advocated the abolition of slavery and the participation of African Americans in the Civil War . Nell was also the first black man to hold a federal post as a Boston postal worker.
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston
- List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in northern Boston
literature
- Lynne Gomez Graves: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. (PDF) United States Department of the Interior , National Park Service , February 3, 1976, accessed July 29, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Massachusetts. National Park Service , accessed August 14, 2019.
- ↑ a b cf. Graves, p. 2.
- ^ William Cooper Nell: Colored Patriots of the American Revolution . Createspace Independent Pub, 2014, ISBN 978-1-5006-1728-8 .
- ↑ cf. Graves, p. 3.