Boit (Edward Darley Jr.) House is built.

Architect: Francis Jackson. Designed in the French Academic style and one of five adjoining houses built by George Wheatland Jr., it is located at 91 Marlborough Street (273 Clarendon Street). Its first occupant is the lawyer and painter. Subsequent occupants include Henry Adams and his wife, Clover from 1873 to 1880. The building is purchased by August Hemenway in 1883, combined with 273 Clarendon Street in 1890 and occupied by the Hemenway family. It is purchased by the Episcopal City Mission in approximately 1934 and serves as Morville House, a home for senior citizens, until the early 1970s. The building is purchased by the Edward Everett Hale House in 1973 and combined with 275 – 279 Clarendon Street to become Hale House for senior citizens.