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On Mount Vernon Street (which runs parallel to Beacon, and which, with its dignified beauty, won the approval of that connoisseur of beautiful streets  Henry James) one can pick out successively the numbers 59, 76, 83, 84, the first and last being homes of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and the other two distinguished by the residence of William Ellery Channing and Margaret Deland. ON MOUNT VER NON STREET WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO BEACON AND WHICH WITH ITS DIGNIFIED BEAUTY WON THE APPROVAL OF THAT CONNOISSEUR OF BEAUTIFUL STREETS HENRY JAMES ONE CAN PICK OUT SUCCESSIVELY THE NUMBERS FIFTY NINE SEVENTY SIX EIGHTY THREE EIGHTY FOUR THE FIRST AND LAST BEING HOMES OF THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIDGE AND THE OTHER TWO DISTINGUISHED BY THE RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM ELLYRY CHANNING AND MARGARET DEALAND
is a distinctively American building, and Bulfinch, the great American architect, did an excellent thing when he designed it. The dome was originally covered with plates of copper rolled by no other than that expert silversmith and robust patriot, Paul Revere--he whose midnight ride has been recited by so many generations of school-children, and whose exquisite flagons, cups, ladles, and sugar tongs not only compared with the best Continental work of that period, but have set a name and standard for American craftsmanship ever since. If you should walk up and down the chessboard of Beacon Hill--taking the knight's move occasionally across the narrow cross-streets--you could not help treading the very squares which were familiar to the feet of that generation of authors which has permanently stamped American literature. At 55 Beacon Street, down near the foot of the hill and facing the Common, still stands the handsome, swell-front, buff-brick house where Prescott, the historian, lived. E STATE HOUSE IS A DISTINCTIVELY AMERICAN BUILDING AND BULFINCH THE GREAT AMERICAN ARCHITECT DID AN EXCELLENT THING WHEN HE DESIGNED IT THE DOME WAS ORIGINALLY COVERED WITH PLATES OF COPPER ROLLED BY NO OTHER THAN THAT EXPERT SILVERSMITH AND ROBUST PATRIOT PAUL REVERE HE WHOSE MIDNIGHT RIDE HAS BEEN RECITED BY SO MANY GENERATIONS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND WHOSE EXQUISITE FLAGONS CUPS LADLES AND SUGAR TONGS NOT ONLY COMPARED WITH THE BEST CONTINENTAL WORK OF THAT PERIOD BUT HAVE SAID A NAME AND STANDARD FOR AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP EVER SINCE IF YOU SHOULD WALK UP AND DOWN THE CHESSBOARD OF BEACON HILL TAKING THE NIGHT'S MOVE OCCASIONALLY ACROSS THE NARROW CROSS STREETS YOU COULD NOT HELP TREADING THE VERY SQUARES WHICH WERE FAMILIAR TO THE FEET OF THAT GENERATION OF AUTHORS WHICH HAS PERMANENTLY STAMPED AMERICAN LITERATURE AT FIFTY FIVE BEACON STREET DOWN NEAR THE FOOT OF THE HILL AND FACING THE COMMON STILL STANDS THE HANDSOME SWELL FRONT BUFF BRICK HOUSE WHERE PRESCOTT THE HISTORIAN LIVED
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