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John F. Andrew Mansion
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Our home, the John F. Andrew mansion, was built between 1884 and 1886. It was a gift from John A. Andrew
to his son, John F. Andrew. The mansion was one of the first to be built in the Italian Renaissance revival.
The building permit was issued in 1884, and the
hydraulic elevator and the balcony from the Tuileries Palace were added to the house in 1885. The house was designed
by the renowned architects, McKim, Mead, and White, from New York City. Other designs of theirs include structures at
Harvard University, Brown University, Columbia University, the White House, and several famous buildings in and around Boston. John F. Andrew, son of Governor John A. Andrew, was a congressman respresenting the district covering the Back Bay and Beacon Hill. Governor John A. Andrew is, himself, very notable in history. As governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War, he used his political influence to convince President Abraham Lincoln to write and announce the Emancipation Proclamation. In addition, he sent the 54th Regiment, the first all african american regiment in the history of the United States, to war. On a side point, he was also the governor to sign MIT's charter in 1862. |