352 Marlborough is located on the south side of Marlborough, between Gloucester and Hereford, with 350 Marlborough to the east and 354 Marlborough to the west.

352 Marlborough was built in 1878-1879 for building contractor George Wheatland, Jr., one of eight contiguous houses (348-350-352-354-356-358-360-362 Marlborough) built in 1878-1880 for him.

The land on which 348-362 Marlborough were built was acquired by George Wheatland, Jr., on May 10, 1872, from a real estate investment trust formed by Grenville Temple Winthrop Braman, Henry Dwight Hyde, and Frank William Andrews. It was part of one of several parcels they had purchased on March 1, 1872, from the Boston Water Power Company, of which Grenville Braman was the former treasurer.

On May 25, 1872, George Wheatland entered into a trust agreement with William Dudley Pickman and William Pickering Fay under which he agreed to hold two undivided one-third interests in the property in their names and they agreed to assume the obligation for one third (each) of the mortgages on the property. On April 18, 1876, George Wheatland, Jr., sold the remaining one-third interest in the property to his father, George Wheatland, Sr., of Salem.

Click here for an index to the deeds for 352 Marlborough, and click here for further information about the land between the south side of Marlborough and Alley 428, from Gloucester to Hereford.

George Wheatland, Jr., subdivided the property into eight lots, seven with 23 foot frontages and the eighth, at the corner of Hereford, with a 24 foot frontage. He then built houses on the lots at 348-362 Marlborough, each of the same design, with the entrance on the left and a bay on the right.

The houses probably were designed by architect Obed F. Smith. No architect is indicated on the permit applications. However, the final building inspection report for 354-356 Marlborough indicates that the architect was “F. O. Smith.” There was no architect named Smith with those initials listed in the 1878-1880 Boston Directories and it appears likely it was meant to be O. F. Smith. Obed F. Smith designed a number of houses for George Wheatland, Jr., at this time, including six houses (381-391 Marlborough) of very similar design.

348-362 Marlborough all were started in 1878 or 1879 and appear to have been completed within a year. From the deeds and original permit applications, it appears that 348-350-352 Marlborough were built first, then 354-356 Marlborough, and then 358-360-362 Marlborough. The lots were transferred to one of the three owners of the land as the houses were constructed; each house was then sold after it was completed.

The original permit application for 348-350-352 Marlborough (one application for the three houses) was submitted on December 3, 1878, by George Wheatland, Jr., William D. Pickman, and Richard Sullivan Fay (William P. Fay’s brother). George Wheatland, Jr., was identified as the builder on the permit, but an April 4, 1879, article in the Boston Journal indicated that “on Marlborough street, Nos 348, 350, and 352, Vinal & Dodge are erecting for George Wheatland, Jr., three houses of brick with Ohio stone fronts.”  The article also noted that construction was well advanced and that the three houses were “roofed in.” Vinal & Dodge, masons, also were the builders for 354-360 Marlborough.

Soon after the permit for the three houses was filed, the owners divided the lots, among themselves. On December 17, 1878, 348 Marlborough was transferred to William D. Pickman and 350 Marlborough was transferred to Richard Sullivan Fay. William P. Fay died in March of 1879, and the transfer of the third lot was delayed until October 3, 1879, after the house was completed, when it was transferred to George Wheatland, Sr.

On October 6, 1879, 352 Marlborough was purchased from George Wheatland, Sr., by Anna Lothrop (Motley) Rodman, widow of Alfred Rodman, who made it her Boston home. She also maintained a residence, Tiota Wood, in Dedham, where she had lived with her husband (who died in June of 1853) and raised their two children, Alfred and Eloise.

Eloise Rodman had married in June of 1869 to Stephen Minot Weld, Jr. After their marriage, they lived at 294 Beacon until about 1875, when they moved to Dedham. He had served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, rising to the rank of Colonel and, upon discharge, brevetted a brigadier general.  After the war, he became a cotton and wool broker, and served as treasurer of the Elliott Felting Mills.

Alfred Rodman, Jr., married in October of 1872 to Harriet Delia Risley. After their marriage, they lived in Dedham. He was an attorney until 1887, when he became actuary of the Bay State Trust Company.

Anna Rodman continued to live at 352 Marlborough during the 1892-1893 winter season.

During the 1893-1894 season, she was living elsewhere and 352 Marlborough was the home of real estate dealer John Vaughan Apthorp and his wife, Mary Sarah (Sargent) Thomas Apthorp.  They previously had lived at 321 Dartmouth. They also maintained a home, Hollywood, in Cohasset.

By the 1894-1895 winter season, the Apthorps had moved to 31 Gloucester and 352 Marlborough was once again the home of Anna Rodman.

352 Marlborough was not listed in the 1899 and 1900 Blue Books and Anna Rodman may have made Dedham her year-round residence for several years. Her daughter, Eloise, died in February of 1898, leaving several teen-age children, and Mrs. Rodman may have returned to Dedham to help care for them. She was living there with Stephen Weld and his children at the time of the 1900 US Census.

From about 1899, 352 Marlborough was the Boston home of Alfred and Harriet Rodman. Their primary residence remained Tiota Wood in Dedham. He is listed at both 352 Marlborough and in Dedham in the 1899-1905 City Directories and at 352 Marlborough in the 1901-1904 Blue Books.

Anna Rodman resumed living at 352 Marlborough for the 1904-1905 winter season. She died in March of 1905.

On May 13, 1905, 352 Marlborough was purchased from Anna Rodman’s estate by Elizabeth Kinnicutt (Francis) Wentworth, the wife of Dr. Arthur Howard Wentworth. He was a pediatrician and maintained his medical office at the house. They previously had lived at The Marlborough at 416 Marlborough, where he also had his office. They also maintained a home in Falmouth.

Elizabeth Wentworth died in December of 1918 and Arthur Wentworth moved soon thereafter to Brookline.

On February 24, 1919, 352 Marlborough was purchased from Elizabeth Wentworth’s estate by Eliza Robinson (Swift) Chute, the wife of Dr. Arthur Lambert Chute. They had owned and lived at 350 Marlborough, next door, since 1906.  They also maintained a home in Falmouth.

Dr. Chute was a urologist and later also would become a professor at Tufts College School of Medicine.

In March of 1919, Eliza Chute filed for (and subsequently received) permission to convert 352 Marlborough from a single-family dwelling into medical offices.  Thereafter, it became Dr. Chute’s office.  He was joined there in about 1930 by his son, Richard Chute, also a urologist, who lived with Arthur and Eliza Chute at 350 Marlborough.

Arthur Chute died in January of 1934.  Richard Chute married in June of 1934 to Ruth Sears of 426 Beacon.  After their marriage, they lived at 350 Marlborough and Eliza Chute moved to 352 Marlborough, where Richard Chute continued to maintain his medical office.

Eliza Chute continued to live at 352 Marlborough, and Richard Chute continued to maintain his medical office there, until about 1942.

The house was shown as vacant in the 1943 City Directory.

On April 8, 1943, 352 Marlborough was purchased from Eliza Chute by Patrick Kearney and his wife, Rose E. Kearney. They previously had lived at 217 Beacon.  He was an engineer with the Boston Consolidated Gas Company.

In December of 1943, Patrick Kearney applied for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the property from a single-family dwelling and doctor’s office into a single-family dwelling and lodging house.

They continued to live  at 352 Marlborough and to operate it as a lodging house until about 1961.

On May 15, 1961, 352 Marlborough was acquired from the Kearneys by Irving Singer, an author and professor of philosophy at MIT, and his wife, Josephine (Fisk) Singer, a former opera singer.  They previously had lived at 250 Commonwealth.  They occupied 352 Marlborough as a single-family dwelling.

On May 5, 2005, they transferred the house into Josephine Singer’s name, and on January 14, 2012, she transferred it back to her husband. On September 26. 2014, he transferred the property to their daughter, Margaret Singer, as trustee of the 352 Marlborough Street Realty Trust.

The Singers continued to live at 352 Marlborough until their deaths, Josephine Singer in October of 2014 and Irving Singer in February of 2015.

On July 22, 2015, 352 Marlborough was purchased from Margaret Singer by the Lake Marlborough Nominee Trust (Anastasios Parafestas, trustee). In November of 2015, the Lake Marlborough 362 Nominee Trust purchased 362 Marlborough.  The trusts were formed for the benefit of Stephen Pagliuca and his wife, Judy Pagliuca.  At the time of the purchase, Stephen Pagliuca was managing partner of Bain Capital and co-owner of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise.  They also maintained a home in Weston.

The trust applied for and, in December of 2018, received a permit to remodel the house, including adding a penthouse, and to change the occupancy from a single-family dwelling and lodging house to a single-family dwelling.

On August 12, 2019, 352 Marlborough was purchased from the Lake Marlborough Nominee Trust by the 352 Marlborough LLC (managed by the 352 Marlborough Manager LLC, Koby Kempel, manager).

352 Marlborough remained a single-family dwelling in 2022.