195 Marlborough is located on the north side of Marlborough, between Dartmouth and Exeter, with 193 Marlborough to the east and 197 Marlborough to the west.

195 Marlborough was designed by architect Francis Ward Chandler, of the firm of Cabot and Chandler, as his own home.  It was built in 1883-1884 by M. C. Grant and A. Anderson, builders. Francis Chandler is shown as the owner on the original building permit application, dated December 20, 1882.

Francis Chandler and Alice Daland had married in October of 1882.  On December 18, 1882, Alice Chandler purchased the land for 195 Marlborough  from Mary Coffin (Lunt) Shepard, the wife of attorney Edward Orcott Shepard. They lived at 318 Commonwealth. She had purchased the land on September 23, 1880, from Daniel Goodnow, who had purchased it from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 15, 1871.

Click here for an index to the deeds for 195 Marlborough, and click here for further information about the land between the north side of Marlborough and Alley 418, from Dartmouth to Exeter.

By the 1883-1884 winter season, Francis and Alice (Daland) Chandler had made 195 Marlborough their home. They previously had lived at 101 Mt. Vernon. They also maintained a home in North Haven, Maine.

The Chandlers raised their three children at 195 Marlborough: Henry Daland Chandler, Helen Chandler, and Ethel Chandler.

In 1888, Francis Chandler was named head of MIT’s school of architecture.  He remained in that position until his retirement in 1911.

Helen Chandler married in October of 1912 to archaeologist Herbert Eustis Winlock. He was assistant curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.   They lived in Cedarhurst, New York, after their marriage.

Ethel Chandler married in April of 1914 to Dr. Edward Francis Washburn Bartol, a physician. After their marriage, they lived in Milton.

H. Daland Chandler continued to live with his parents at 195 Marlborough. He was an architect with the firm of Allen and Collens at 75 Newbury.

Francis Chandler died in September of 1926. H. Daland Chandler moved soon thereafter to an apartment at 199 Marlborough.

Alice Chandler continued to live at 195 Marlborough until her death in March of 1932.

The house was not listed in the 1933-1936 Blue Books and was shown as vacant in the 1933-1936 City Directories.

On June 11, 1936, 195 Marlborough was purchased from the Chandlers’ three children by Charles Gordon.Weatherley, an architect.  He lived at 75 Mt. Vernon.

In June of 1936, he filed for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the property from a single-family dwelling into five apartments. He listed himself as the architect.

On March 19, 1946, 195 Marlborough was purchased from Charles Weatherley by Joseph J. Diab, and on April 17, 1947, it was acquired from him by H. Eleanor Blewett. She was an elevator operator and lived in Charlestown, and probably held the property for Joseph Diab or his brother, real estate dealer Thomas J. Diab.

On June 30, 1958, 195 Marlborough was acquired from H. Eleanor Blewett by Helen E. Larkin, a buyer with the Jordan, Marsh department store. She lived in one of the apartments. She previously had lived in an apartment at 255 Beacon.

In November of 1961, she filed for (and subsequently received) permission to increase the number of apartments from five to six.

Helen Larkin continued to live at 195 Marlborough until about 1963, when she moved to 285 Clarendon.

On December 2, 1963, 195 Marlborough was acquired from Helen Larkin by real estate dealer and contractor Michael J. Smith and his wife, Georgia Constance (Rigas/Rigopoulos) Smith, who lived in one of the apartments. They previously had lived at 197 Marlborough. They continued to live at 197 Marlborough until about 1968. At the time of his death in December of 1973, they lived in Milton.

On February 23, 1968, 195 Marlborough was acquired from the Smiths by Georgia Smith’s brother, John Rigas (Rigopoulos) of Somervile.

On May 18, 1968, 195 Marlborough was acquired from John Rigas by Thomas A. Domencich and Theodore A. Monacelli.

On June 15, 1972, 195 Marlborough was acquired from Thomas Domencich and Theodore Monacelli by David C. Keating.

On August 8, 1974, he converted the property into four condominium units, the 195 Marlborough Street Condominium.