Gibson House Museum
The Gibson House Museum is an historic house museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It preserves the 1860 Victorian rowhouse occupied by three generations of the Gibson family. The house was one of the first to be built in Back Bay, and has an unparalleled state of preservation that includes wallpaper, textiles, furnishings, and family artifacts and collections. Both the public and service areas of the house exhibit a high degree of preservation, and are viewable on tours. The property was designated a Boston Landmark in 1992 by the Boston Landmarks Commission and a National Historic Landmark in 2001.
Gibson House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Front of the Gibson House Museum on Beacon Street | |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′17.4″N 71°4′26.9″W |
| Built | 1859–60 |
| Part of | Back Bay Historic District (ID73001948) |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001048 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 07, 2001 |
| Designated NHL | August 7, 2001 |
| Designated CP | August 14, 1973 |
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