Charles Hammond Gibson

Poet and President of Boston capter of American Literary association

137 Beacon was built as the home of Catherine (Hammond) Gibson, the widow of sugar merchant John Gardiner Gibson, and their son, Charles Hammond Gibson. They previously had lived at 4 Joy. 135 Beacon was built as the home of her nephew, Samuel Hammond Russell, a cotton broker, the son of Nathaniel Pope Russell and Hannah Dawes Hammond.

Charles Gibson married in December of 1871 to Rosamond Warren. After their marriage they lived at 137 Beacon with his mother. They also maintained a home, Forty Steps, in Nahant.

Charles Gibson inherited 137 Beacon and on December 7, 1888, he transferred it into his wife’s name. They continued to live there, redecorating portions of the house, including adding white woodwork in the music room and gold-embossed “Japanese leather” wallpaper in the reception hall.

The Gibsons’ three children — Mary Ethel, Rosamond, and Charles, Jr. — lived with them.

On May 11, 1908, Rosamond Gibson transferred 137 Beacon back into her husband’s name.

https://backbayhouses.org/137-beacon/ I.S. 12/15/2017