The mansion was sold following Frederick’s death in 1918 and converted to office space. Ayer and his wife Ellen commissioned the design and building of their home at 395 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, hiring Louis Comfort Tiffany to do the design. He was a self-made success, with only a sixth-grade education. He was also involved in many other ventures including the patent medicine business and co-founding the Arctic Coal Company. “It was an outlier, commissioned by outliers,” reads an article from Harvard Magazine.Ī savvy businessman, Frederick Ayer was the owner of the American Woolen Company, owning many mills including the largest textile factory in Lowell, MA. From the Tea Party to Isabella Stewart Gardner’s idiosyncratic museum, the brutalist City Hall to biotechnology, Massachusetts has always nurtured unconventional thinking, whether in politics, architecture, or technology. However, disruption and innovation are, in fact, a Boston tradition. When the sleek, pale façade of The Ayer Mansion was unveiled in 1902 amid the red brick of Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue, it was a challenge to the old order. Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Neoscape Rendered Image Floor Plan History
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With each floor ranging in size from 2700sf to 3000sf, the conceptual redesign for the property accommodates 6 bedrooms, 13 baths, Living, Dining, Parlors, Salon, Lounge, Study, Two Offices, an In-law Suite, a Terrace and a Roof Deck, Fitness Room with Spa, a Wine Room, Wet Bars and a 3-Car Garage plus exterior off-street space.ģ95 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, Massachusetts With designs in place and an award-winning team of developers, builders and architects assembled, this private residence will offer its next occupant the opportunity to reimagine this living (and livable) work of art. At the top of the first landing and seen from the foot of the stairs, a trompe l’oeil Greek temple reflects unusual depth and light.
Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, the sleek, pale façade with bright mosaic detail challenges the Boston streetscape as much now as it did at its unveiling in 1902.Įntering the great hall, the eye is drawn to the tall fireplace, vaulted ceiling and up the imperial stairs under the proscenium arch of glittering glass Tiffany mosaics tiles.
Standing five stories and fronting on both Commonwealth Avenue and Marlborough Street, this is a rare opportunity to match a buyer’s own vision with a uniquely modern and disruptive design. The Ayer Mansion is the only completely Tiffany-designed home in the world.
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