David Greenough (1774-1836)
Builder & Real Estate Developer, of Boston, Massachusetts
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He was born at Welfleet, Massachusetts, and after losing his father at the age of seven was placed under the guardianship of his father's half-brother, David Stoddard Greenough. He became a builder and a real estate developer in Boston, working with the architect Charles Bulfinch among others. He also invested in shipbuilding and in a cotton mill in Clinton and died at Boston with real estate valued at $149,000 and personal effects valued at $10,017. He married Elisabeth Bender and their portraits were painted by Gilbert Stuart. They had 11-children and all four of their sons were either artists or sculptors, notably "America's first Sculptor" Horatio Greenough.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 16/09/2022 and last updated on 12/01/2024.
Image Courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library, incorrectly identified as a picture of David Stoddard Greenough