Silk
Pajamas
A denizen of Beacon Street in the Back Bay, Charles Hammond
Gibson (1874-1954) was a minor poet and author. A frequent
guest at Henry Davis Sleeper's estate, Beauport, he also regarded
himself as a designer. For a time, he served as Boston Parks
commissioner and was responsible for the architecture of the
Beaux Arts-style "comfort station" on the Boston
Common. His own home has been preserved as a shrine to late-Victorian
taste and style. Gibson, who employed a series of young working-class
men as his live-in servants, was said to have upset his prudish
neighbors by appearing about the neighborhood in silk pajamas.
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Photo:
Charles Hammond Gibson (seated at the desk) with
author
John P. Marquand.
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