One of the finest townhomes in the Back Bay of Boston is this stunning residence on Beacon Street. The house was constructed in 1907 for Henry Parsons King (1867-1913) and his wife Alice Spaulding King following the destruction of a house previously on the lot. Henry King was an extremely wealthy businessman who went to Harvard College before working his way up the ranks to become the president of the Whittier Machine Company and the Boston manager of the Otis Elevator Company. For their Back Bay mansion, the couple hired the esteemed firm of Little & Browne to design the stately home with its full bowed facade. Henry King died in October of 1913 and his funeral was in the home, with his body laid under the main circular staircase inside (which according to sources is one of only two free-floating marble staircases in the United States!) Alice King and their only surviving child, Henry Parsons King, Jr., continued to live at 118 Beacon. Alice died in 1938 and the family home was purchased the next year by the Fisher Business School (later Fisher College). The transaction was reported in the Boston Globe, which noted that 118 Beacon was “well known for its interior woodwork, paneling and flying staircase of polished marble,” and that the school would install “modern lighting and furnishings, including a cafeteria for student use.” Fisher College would purchase more buildings in the area and the former King Mansion is now home to the Fisher College Library.