Sears (David L. II) House is built.

Architect: Alexander Parris. The first Boston commission for Parris, it is designed in the Greek Revival style and built of white, Chelmsford granite with white marble tablets by Solomon Willard, and located on the former site of Copley’s studio and the former home of Henry Knox at today’s 42 Beacon Street. Home of the wealthy China Trade merchant, its visitors include Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in 1831. An addition at 43 Beacon Street and third story is added to both buildings in 1831. Sears lives here until his death in 1871. The building is purchased as the home of the Somerset Club and renovated by Snell & Gregerson in 1872.