Louisburg Square, surrounded by Pinckney Street and Mt. Vernon Street

Abdalian, Leon H., 1884-1967 · July 5, 1930

With its tall elms enclosed with iron fence, and its little marble statues of Columbus and Aristides at either end, Louisburg Square, is a quaint, quiet and restful spot. It is on the west side of Beacon Hill, lying between Mount Vernon and Pinckney Streets. At number 10 was the last home in Boston of Louisa May Alcott, where her remarkable father A. Bronson Alcott died (1888) in his eighty-ninth year. Her own death following the day of his funeral. William Dean Howells lived at number 4 when he was editor of the Atlantic Monthly. Number 20 is interesting because Jenny Lind was married there in 1852.