Mary Baker Eddy years Mary Baker Eddy, an American religions leader and the founder of
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, lived in a house on 227 Pleasant Street known as "Pleasant View" from 1892 until 1908, at which point she moved to an estate at
400 Beacon Street,
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She was well known in
Concord, New Hampshire, where Pleasant View was located, and gave money to various philanthropic causes of the city— including providing shoes for local children; and contributing funds for paving streets, the State Fair Grounds, and the local Christian Science church.
After Eddy After Eddy's death in 1910, it was owned by the board of directors of her church, who did nothing with the house for some time. In 1917 they decided to destroy the house; although some of it, including the gazebos and front gate, was salvaged. In 1927, the Board built a rest home on the site. ==See also==