Streets of Brookline


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70 Heath St.
This is the house known as "Sevenels" - named after the seven members of the Lowell family. It was erected circa 1860 by George Bacon whose family was living on Walnut Street across from the First Parish Church at the time. Bacon purchased the property, tore down the existing house, and erected this large mansion which still stands today. The house was then purchased after the end of the Civil War by Augustus and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Lowell. It was notably the house of poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, Amy Lowell. This photograph was donated by Amy Lowell’s romantic partner, Ada Dwyer Russell, who was the executrix for Lowell’s estate and apparently implemented Lowell’s request that all her materials be burned upon her death.

Image Courtesy of the Utah Historical Society