Cornelius Coolidge
Cornelius Coolidge (August 30, 1778 - September 4, 1843) was a real estate developer in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, who constructed buildings in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, and elsewhere. During the War of 1812, the brig Dispatch owned by Coolidge and Francis Oliver was captured outside Boston Harbor by the Salem privateer Castigator on suspicion of trading with the enemy. Coolidge and Oliver operated two boats with 45 armed men, rowed down the harbor, and regained their brig after an exchange of gunfire.
Cornelius Coolidge
- Name
- Cornelius Coolidge
- Born
- 30 August 1778
- Birthplace
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts, US
- Died
- 4 September 1843
- Place of death
- Boston, Massachusetts, US
- Education
- Harvard University
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
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Cornelius Coolidge (August 30, 1778 - September 4, 1843) was a real estate developer in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, who constructed buildings in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, and elsewhere. During the War of 1812, the brig Dispatch owned by Coolidge and Francis Oliver was captured outside Boston Harbor by the Salem privateer Castigator on suspicion of trading with the enemy. Coolidge and Oliver operated two boats with 45 armed men, rowed down the harbor, and regained their brig after an exchange of gunfire.
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However, the district court restored the brig to the privateers. Described variously as an architect, housewright, builder, designer, and real estate broker, Harvard-educated Coolidge brought many buildings into being. Clients of Coolidge & Co. Included some of Boston's more prominent residents, such as David Sears and Charles Francis Adams. He conducted business with John Hubbard, Joseph Morton (brother of Perez Morton) and others. He was also a proprietor of the Boston Mill Corporation. • Illustration — Parkman house, 33 Beacon St. (in middle), Boston; 1968 photo Around 1825, Coolidge and Nathaniel Amory began developing property in Nahant, Massachusetts, for construction of summer homes. The first homes sold in 1827. Clients included David Sears and others. On Beacon Hill, Coolidge built houses on Chestnut, Mount Vernon, Acorn, Joy and Beacon Streets, including Louisburg Square. Several remain in existence, including: • 33 Beacon Street (George Parkman house), 1825. • 50 Chestnut Street (Francis Parkman house), 1830s. Coolidge led an active social life. He was one of the first subscribers to the Boston Athenaeum. He attended the gala opening dinner party for the newly built Tremont House hotel on October 16, 1829, along with mayor Josiah Quincy, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, Harrison Gray Otis, and others.
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• Name — Cornelius Coolidge • Born — 30 August 1778 • Birthplace — Middlesex County, Massachusetts, US • Died — 4 September 1843 • Place of death — Boston, Massachusetts, US • Education — Harvard University
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1778
Cornelius Coolidge born at Middlesex County.
1843
Cornelius Coolidge died at Boston.
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- 1.National Archives and Records Administration. Stephen Clark (USP Castigator) v. Dispatch. War of 1812 Prize Case Files 1812-1815.
- 2.Harvard University Press. Diary of Charles Francis Adams. 1986.
- 3.Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. 1930.
- 4.Dorchester Atheneum. Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton, 1759-1846.
- 5.Boston Mill Corp. certificate.
- 6.Rebecca M. Rogers. Resort architecture at Nahant, 1815-1850. Old-Time New England. 1974.
- 7.Allen Chamberlain. Beacon Hill, Its Ancient Pastures and Early Mansions. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1925.
- 8.Susan Southworth. AIA guide to Boston. Globe Pequot. 2008.
- 9.Our Flag over the Common. Northeastern Alumni Magazine.
- 10.Josiah Quincy. The history of the Boston Athenæum. Metcalf and Company. 1851.
- 11.The first lithograph menu ever used; Dinner in the New Tremont House, Oct 16, 1829, Marked Opening of the High-Class Hotel in America. Boston Daily Globe. December 20, 1914.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Original Bank Circular, 1809. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 11. 306–308. 1870.
- Andrew Preston Peabody. A sermon preached in commemoration of the founders of the Nahant Church: at the dedication of a tablet erected to their memory, July 22, 1877. Press of John Wilson and Son, 1877.
- Allen Bernstein. Cornelius Coolidge, architect of Beacon Hill row houses, 1810-1840. Old-Time New England. 39. October 1948.
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