Shirley-Eustis House is built.

(ca.) Architect: Peter Harrison. [John Smibert.] Designed in the Georgian style and remodeled in the Federal style, it is located at today’s 33 Shirley Street. Built for Gov. William Shirley, it is one of four remaining Colonial governors’ mansions in the U.S.. The building is used as a barracks and hospital for Colonial troops during the Revolution, and becomes the home of Gov. William Eustis in 1819, making it the only house occupied by both Royal and elected Massachusetts governors. Visitors include Benjamin Franklin, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington. The building is moved 60 feet to its present site in 1867, and occupied by the House of Good Shepherd convent. In one of the first preservation efforts in the U.S., the building is purchased by the Shirley-Eustis Association in 1913 and converted into a museum. A proposal to move it to the Fenway is rejected in the 1960s.