Trinity Neighborhood House
{{Use American English|date=November 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Trinity Neighborhood House
| image = Trinity Neighborhood House, East Boston MA.jpg
| caption = The Trinity Neighborhood House in 2009.
| location = East Boston, Massachusetts
| coordinates = {{coord|42|22|49|N|71|2|22.6|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}
| locmapin = Boston#Massachusetts#United States
| area = {{convert|0.25|acre|ha}}
| built = 1847
| architecture = Greek Revival
| added = April 14, 1992
| refnum = 92000356{{NRISref|2008a}}
| nrhp_type2 = cp
| nocat = yes
| designated_nrhp_type2 = February 26, 1998
| partof = Eagle Hill Historic District
| partof_refnum = 98000149
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.eastboston.com/eastbost.htm |title=Boston Landmark Trinity Neighborhood House |last1=Conte |first1=Frank |date=August 19, 2012 |publisher=EastBoston.com}} The building is now owned by [http://noahcdc.org/ Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.] and is a 16-unit single resident occupancy (SRO) facility for the formerly homeless.{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/east_boston/2011/08/united_way_volunteers_clean_up.html |title=United Way volunteers clean up Trinity Neighborhood House |last1=Fox |first1=Jeremy C. |date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Boston.com}}
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.{{cite news |title=Society: Anna Russell Plans Benefit Here; Dennis Garden Tour Wednesday |author=Majorie W. Sherman |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=August 9, 1957 |page = 14}} On May 8, 1958, noted archaeologist Byron Khun de Prorok gave a fundraising lecture at the New England Mutual Hall.{{cite news |title=Trinity Neighborhood House and Day Nursery to Benefit From DeProrok Lecture |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=April 8, 1951 |page = 16A}} 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.{{cite news |title=Society: "The Tumbler" Substituted For Canceled Benefit Show |author=Majorie W. Sherman |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=January 9, 1960 |page = 12}}
In 1981, the building was designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission and it was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=education&p=histmarkers&sub=m_east Profile] at Bostonian Society
- City of Boston, [http://www.cityofboston.gov/landmarks/publications.asp Landmarks Commission]. [https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Trinity%20Neighborhood%20House%20study%20report_tcm3-20781.pdf Trinity Neighborhood House], 1981
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
Category:Houses completed in 1847
Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Boston
Category:Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
Category:1847 establishments in Massachusetts
Category:Landmarks in East Boston
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