Loring Greenough House: National Register of Historic Places Materials

The Loring-Greenough House, built in 1760 for Joshua Loring, has been certified as a Massachusetts Historic Landmark because of its historical connections with the American Revolution and its value as an example of Colonial architecture. The mansion with its adjoining carriage house and gardens is the last of the numerous country estates of its period remaining in Jamaica Plain.

Image courtesy of the Digital Commonwealth

On June 23, 1775, the Loring-Greenough House was appointed “a hospital for the camp in Roxbury, " making it one of the first American military hospitals. With the Confiscation Act of 1779, the house officially reverted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was sold at auction. In 1784, the house was purchased by Anne Doane, a wealthy widow who married David Stoddard Greenough, and remained in the ownership of the Greenough family until 1924.

The House was saved from demolition by the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club, a local women’s club who raised funds to purchase the building. The JPTC are still the able stewards of the property.

Follow this link to read the entire National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form

The Loring Greenough House is also a Boston Landmark, read the study report here:

https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/The%20Loring-Greenough%20House_tcm3-44535.pdf