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Samuel Hall Gregory (1814–1892) was an interior decorator and
wallpaper
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manufacturer, importer and retailer in
Boston
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,
, in the 19th century. "He was known for being one of the first 'high society' decorators in America." He worked in Boston with a succession of business partners: C. Dudley Brown, James H. Foster, S.M. Hurlbert, Charles W. Robinson, and also with T. Christy and S.S. Constant of New York. In 1852 Gregory served on the board of the newly established
Boston YMCA
YMCA Boston (also known as "YMCA of Greater Boston") was founded in 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts, as the first American chapter of YMCA.
History
The YMCA of Greater Boston, founded in 1851, was the first YMCA in the United States. The organ ...
, the first YMCA chapter in the United States. He worked on
Court Street (1840s-1870s) and West Street (1880s) in Boston, and lived in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...
.
[Militia list, 1861. Town Records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1634-1889, Volume 3]
References
Further reading
* "Samuel H. Gregory." In: Scottish Rite
Proceedings of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction Chicago: Printed at the Office of the Freemason's Magazine, 1893; p. 209+
Image gallery
Image:SamuelHallGregory ca1840s byAlvanClark Smithsonian.png, Portrait of Gregory by Alvan Clark
Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry, was an American astronomer and telescope maker.
Biography
He started as a portrait painter and engra ...
, c. 1840s
Image:1854 SHGregory Boston.png, Advertisement, S.H. Gregory & Co., Court St., Boston, 1854
Image:1870 SHGregory BostonAlmanac.png, Advertisement, S.H. Gregory & Co., Court St., Boston, 1870
Image:1887 SHGregory Boston.png, Advertisement, Gregory & Brown, West St., Boston, 1887
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1814 births
1892 deaths
19th century in Boston
Economic history of Boston
Financial District, Boston
Businesspeople from Boston
People from Brookline, Massachusetts
YMCA leaders
19th-century American businesspeople