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Edith Coolidge

Boston, 1880 - 1975, Manchester-by-the-Sea

Biography147 Beacon became the home of their son, attorney Harold Jefferson Coolidge, and his wife, Edith (Lawrence) Coolidge, who had married in February of 1903. Prior to their marriage, he had lived at 17 Exeter and she had lived at 59 Commonwealth with her father and step-mother, Amory Appleton Lawrence and Gertrude Major (Rice) Lawrence.

In about 1906, they remodeled the house to replace the Beacon Street entrance with a grade-level entrance on the Berkeley Street. From then on, the address was 303 Berkeley.

The Coolidges continued to live at 303 Berkeley until his death in July of 1934. They also maintained a home in Prides Crossing. In June of 1935, Edith (Lawrence) Coolidge married again, to James Amory Sullivan, an architect and artist.
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Title:
Edith Lawrence Coolidge
Description:
Edith Lawrence Coolidge (1880-1975, wife of Harold Jefferson Coolidge).
Name on Item:
Homeier & Clark, Richmond, Virginia, photographer
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Portrait photographs
Location:
The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
Box 40, File 8 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Stevens-Coolidge Place Collection
Subjects:
Coolidge, Edith Lawrence, 1880-1975
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; 20 x 36 cm
Permalink:
http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/n8710288m

Person TypeIndividual

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