Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House

13 Chestnut Street, home of Sameul Gridley and Julia Ward Howe

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Quick Facts

Location:

13 Chestnut Street

Significance:

Home of Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe

Designation:

National Historic Landmark

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

MANAGED BY:

Private Residence

Samuel Gridley Howe and Julie Ward Howe lived at 13 Chestnut Street, on the South Slope of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. Samuel served as the headmaster for the Perkins School for the Blind. Julia wrote and published her work in Boston literary magazines. Both dedicated themselves to social reform movements of the 1800s, including the abolition and, in Julia’s case, women’s suffrage movements.¹

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Footnotes

1. Sameul Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form