Francis Parkman House
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Francis Parkman House is a National Historic Landmark
at 50 Chestnut Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The house was built in 1865 for Francis Parkman
, a historian and horticulturalist, and the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1966.
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
at 50 Chestnut Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The house was built in 1865 for Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his...
, a historian and horticulturalist, and the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1966.