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Report on the opening of casings at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House 2008

By CHS Staff

The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
By Anne Grady and Sarah J. Zimmerman
1981
Preservation Studies Program
Boston University

The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
159 Brattle Street,
Kelly H. L’Ecuyer
AH 570: Colonial Architecture
Professor Dempsey and Professor Candee
May 12, 2000

Document File
Copies of Legal Documents in Chronological order

Kelly L'Ecuyer

Report on Casing Opening

Section 1
(very large PDF - sections below)

Cover, Table of Contents, and pages 1-2

1663
Robert Holmes
MP11766
Part 1 Cover, contents,
pages 1-2
I. Previous Studies of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
II. Description of the Property
1675
Middlesex Co. Grantee Index
Part 2 pages 3-7 III. The Site and the First Period House, 1639-1733 1684/5
John Holmes to
Richard Hooper
MD 9:363
Part 3 pages 8-12 IV. The Georgian Period of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, 1733-1802 1691
Richard Hooper
MP11812
Part 4 pages 13-17 V. The Nineteenth Century to 1861
VI. Since 1861: A Brief Summary
1701
Hanna Hooper
MP11813
Part 5 pages 18-22 Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Deed List
Illustrations and Selected Documents
1717
Middlesex Co. Grantee Index
Part 6 pages 23-27 Timeline of Ownership 1800
Joseph Lee will
Lee Family Papers
Mass Historical Soc.
Part 7 pages 28-32  

1800
Joseph Lee will
MP13935

Part 8 pages 33-37   1808
Thomas Lee to
John Appleton
MD 177:437
Part 9 pages 38-42   1808
Appleton Mortage
Part 10 pages 43   1814
John Appleton to Benjamin Carpenter
MD 207:277
  Section 2
(very large PDF - sections below)
  1823
Banjamin Carpenter will
MP 3957
  Part 1 pages 44-47   1861
Deborah Carpenter to George Nichols
MD 874:558
  Part 2 pages 48-52   1882
George Nichols will
MP 14454
  Part 3 pages 53-57   1882
Susan Nichols will
MP 33435
  Part 4 pages 58-62   1893
Susan Nichols Carter to
Henry Lee
MD 2223:455
  Part 5 pages 63-67   1905
Bartlett and Cabot for Henry Lee to John White Tredwell Nichols
MD 3183:379
  Part 6 pages 68-71   1916
White to Nichols and Nichols to White
MD 4045:470
  Part 7 pages 72-76  

1923
Austin White to
Frances Emerson
MD 4694:182

  Part 8 pages 77-81   1957
Extract from will of
Frances Emerson
  Part 9 pages 82-86    
  Part 10 pages 87-91    
  Part 11 pages 92-97    
  Part 12 pages 97-101    
  Part 13 pages 102-106    
  Part 14 pages 107-111    
  Part 15 pages 112    
  Section 3
(very large PDF -sections below
   
  Part 1 pages 113-117    
  Part 2 pages 118-122    
  Part 3 Appendix pages 123-126    
  Part 4 pages 127-131    
  Part 5 pages 132-136    
  Part 6 pages 137-141    
  Part 7 pages 142-146    
  Part 8 pages 147-151    
  Part 9 pages 152-154