Mount Vernon Place is a short, dead-end street in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. The street was once an entire block of eight rowhouses, and was developed in the 1830s on land formerly owned by John Hancock and his family. The residences numbered 1-5 Mount Vernon Place were torn down during the 1910s to accommodate the expansion of the landscaped grounds of the State House, leaving just 6, 7, and 8 Mount Vernon Place. The easternmost rowhouse, 6 Mount Vernon Place, was built in 1834 and is believed to have been designed by Alexander Parris, a prominent local architect who designed Quincy Market and mastered the Federal and Greek Revival architectural styles with many notable buildings all over the east coast. This house was purchased in 1834, when still unfinished, by William Savage, a merchant, who sold the property to Pliny Cutler, president of the Atlantic National Bank, who appears to have bought it for his son, Dr. William Ward Cutler (1812-1870). The property was owned in the early 20th century by Robert Treat Paine Jr., who likely rented the home to boarders. The residence has a three bay facade and brownstone sills, lintels, and door surround.
Buildings of New England 