Louisburg Square
General information about Boston Louisburg Square
Louisburg Square is a small square located in the Beacon Hill area of Boston Massachusetts.
Most people may have heard about the square from the children's classical book - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Five Interesting Houses Around in the Square
- 10 Louisburg Square is where the Alcotts lived for a few years in the 1880s.
- 19 Louisburg Square is the oldest house on the street built in 1834
- 20 Louisburg Square is where Jenny Lind married her accompanist Otto Goldschmidt.
- 3 Louisburg Square townhouse sold in 2012 for $11 million. It was the 2nd biggest deal in Boston. 15 Commonwealth Ave was the biggest at 12.5 millon
- 85 Pinckney Street was on the market in 2017 for $14,950,000 or $2,136 a square foot
Fun Facts About the Louisburg Square
- Charles Bullfinch came up with the idea for the square in 1826. The square was built up around the same time the current State House was being constructed.
- Louisburg Square is named after the battle of Louisburg, during which the Massachusetts Militiamen sacked the French Fortress in 1745.
- The houses surrounding the square were built between 1834 and 1848 on small plots suitable for row houses.
- The small park is privately owned by all the houses that have visibility to the square. This is the first privately owned park in the nation. Only house owners have keys to the gate.
- The Proprietors of Louisburg Square was formed in 1844 as the entity responsible for maintaining the square.
- The only other privately own square is the Gramercy Park in New York City
- There is an iron fence around the square and only residences are allowed in the square.
- On the road around the square you can see the original cobblestones that were placed in the 1830s.
- There is a statue of Columbus at the north end and of Aristides at the south end (closest end to the Boston Public Gardens).