Built 1847 Designated CP February 26, 1998 Area 1,010 m² | NRHP Reference # 92000356 Opened 1847 Added to NRHP 14 April 1992 | |
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Similar Donald McKay House, Deer Island Light, Faneuil Hall, The First Church of Christ - Sc, St Mary – St Catherine | ||
The Trinity Neighborhood House is a historic brick townhouse at 406 Meridian Street located in the Eagle Hill section of East Boston, Massachusetts.
History
The house was built in 1847 for entrepreneur Noah Sturtevant and was thus named the Noah Sturtevant House. In 1917, it was named the Trinity Neighborhood House and Day Nursery. Since 1888, it operated as a social service center and philanthropy of Trinity Church. In 1966, the House was taken over by the East Boston Social Centers. Today, it has been converted into Section 8 housing for the disabled and formerly homeless.
The House had long been a beneficiary of many notable events. On November 19, 1957, comedian Anna Russell held a concert at Jordan Hall in Boston to benefit the House. On May 8, 1958, noted archaeologist Byron Khun de Prorok gave a beneficiary lecture at the New England Mutual Hall. On February 4, 1960, a screening of the film Sweet Love Remember'd starring Margaret Sullavan was scheduled to benefit the House, but due to her untimely passing, the show was cancelled. The show was replaced with Laurence Olivier's The Tumbler.
In 1981, the Boston Landmarks Commission declared it a Boston landmark and it was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.