Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House

The Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House is a historic building built in 1804 and located at 13 Chestnut Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, especially important as the home from 1863-1866 to Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe.

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