The Hale House:
The Hale House on 12 Morley Street in Roxbury is the site of the home of Reverend Everett Hale. The house was built in 1841 on the site of a former fort. The architect was Benjamin Kent, who designed the house in Greek Revival style as seen by the columns on the front. The house is currently undergoing a restoration process, to restore the mansion to its original state. Scaffolding can be seen in front of the entire house, behind the white picket fence at the edge of the yard. The house is a large estate with three floors to boast its impressive architecture. The house is white and wooden, as seen by the exposed rotten wood of the columns. The house is also missing one of its 4 columns. The house features dormer windows on each side of the house, with multiple chimneys. The black door, situated in the middle of the four front columns is framed with windows. The front of the mansion includes two windows on either side of the door, with 5 windows evenly spaced on the second floor. Edward Everett Hale was the most famous occupant of the house. He owned the home from 1869 until his death in 1909. The house was added to the national register of historic places in 1979 and added as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmark Commission in 1996. The house was originally located on 39 Highland Street but was moved to its current location between 1899-1906. Hale was a prominent American Unitarian minister of the last half of the 19th century, as well as a journalist editor and author.
Sources:
http://uudb.org/articles/edwardeveretthale.html
http://historicboston.org/portfolio_page/edward-everett-hale-house/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Everett_Hale_House
