
The Dabneys three children lived with them: Frederick Lewis Dabney, Caroline Miller Dabney, and George Bigelow Dabney. They also maintained a home at Burgess Point in Wareham. She lived at 411 Beacon.Ģ98 Beacon became the home of her son and daughter-in-law, attorney Lewis Stackpole Dabney and Clara (Bigelow) Dabney.

On May 25, 1878, 298 Beacon was purchased from Rebecca Allyn by Roxana (Stackpole) Dabney, the widow of Frederic Dabney. On September 1, 1877, 298 Beacon was purchased from Robert Bourn and William Leavitt by Rebecca Pearce Allyn, the widow of Rufus Bradford Allyn. The house was not listed in the 1870, 1872, and 1875 City Directories, nor was it listed in the 1876-1879 Blue Books.

Bourn & Levitt filed a Notice of Intention to Build with the Board of Street Commissioners in April of 1871 (reported in the Boston Herald on April 11, 1871).Ĭlick here for an index to the deeds for 298 Beacon, and click here for further information on the land on the north side of Beacon, including the Storrow Memorial Embankment on the Esplanade. 298 Beacon is located on the north side of Beacon, between Exeter and Fairfield, with 296 Beacon to the east and 300 Beacon to the west.Ģ98 Beacon was built in1871-1872 by Bourn & Leavitt, a partnership of carpenters Robert Tower Bourn (Bourne) and William Leavitt, on land they purchased on December 29, 1871, from the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation.
