QUARTERLY NEWS Mary Baker Eddy Museum and Historic Sites

VOL. 6, NO. 1 PUBLISHED BY LONG YEAR FOUNDATION SPRING 1969

Longyear- 1916 From Marquette to Brookline

That the light of Love IN THE ANNALS of American architec­ with the railroad failed and when news and joy may shine on ture, there is perhaps no more spectacular reached the Longyears in Paris, Mr. Long­ record of the moving of a house than that year told his wife while driving down the in this home - and shine of the Longyear home from Marquette, Champs Elysees that he had decided to out into the world's darkness - Michigan, to Fisher Hill, Brookline, Mas­ move the house from Marquette. The sin­ sachusetts. gle offer that he had had from a possible is the heart's desire John Munro Longyear, son of Judge purchaser of the house was little more of one who comes betimes Wesley J. Longyear of Detroit, Michigan, than a token payment. The builder of to rest awhile in its radiance.

ANNIE M. KNOTT January thirtieth, 1916 From Mrs. Longyear's Guest Book

Exhibitions

Foyer: PORTRAIT of Mrs. Camilla Han­ na by Arthur W. Palmer. See accom­ panying article on page 3.

Artifacts Gallery: A GALLERY exhibit­ ing personal effects, gifts, and other items associated w.ith Mrs. Eddy.

Main Gallery: RELOCATED PHOTO­ GRAPHS and miniatures of Mary Ba­ ker Eddy and her family; bust ofMrs. Longyear home overlooking Lake Superior at Marquette, Michigan - about 1900. Eddy by Luella Varney Serrao. was a courageous man. His vision, judg­ the original house then advised Mr. Long­ ment and industry served him well as one year that the structure could be moved Baker Room: FURNITURE , BOOKS, of the developers of the vast lumber and and most of it used again. documents, paintings and other objects mineral resources of the Northwest. Various locations were considered but associated with the Mark Baker family. "John, you work like a fool," said one of Fisher Hill, Brookline, was the final and his packers to him when he was making unanimous choice of the family, which Solarium: FIVE HISTORIC HOUSES, a his early explorations of that region. He included five children and the parents. summary exhibit of the Mary Baker was an empire builder, and in the process, For this new undertaking, Mr. Longyear Eddy Historic Houses, maintained by accumulated a fortune. employed the architects of the original Longyear Foundation, pointing out im­ In 1890, he began the construction house, Charlton and Gilbert, and the orig­ portant events in the life of Mrs. Eddy of a half-million dollar homestead over­ inal builder, Charles G. Van lderstine. associated with each house. looking Lake Superior at Marquette, Mich­ Dismantling in Marquette was begun in igan. The home, occupied in 1892, was January, 1903 and by June, work was much loved by the family but within a underway at Fisher Hill. Each block of few years the expanding railroad interests stone was wrapped in straw and cloth and Quarterly News Spring 1969 wanted to obtain from the Longyears the numbered. The entire dismantled building © Longyear Foundation 1969 Vol. 6, No. 1 land at the foot of the cliff on which the was sent to Beaconsfield Station, Brook­ S ubscrip tio n , $ 3 .00 Ann u ally house stood. This would destroy much of line , by two freight trains with a total of Sent witho ut charge t o Frien d s of Longyear the beauty of the location. Negotiations 190 cars.

81 During the college years of the young- er sons and daughters, the family greatly enjoyed the beauty and facilities of this home. The children married and went away. Mr. Longyear passed on in 1922, and for the next ten years, until her pass/' -~ The Marquette house ing in 1931, Mrs. Longyear welcomed re-erected in Brookline. Christian Scientists from all over the world at her Fisher Hill home. Photo­ Grounds are practically graphs of many visitors form a valuable devoid of trees and record of the early workers now pre­ served in the Longyear Foundation col­ planting. lection. During her later years, Mrs. Long­ year created an exhibition gallery for portraits in rooms on a lower floor. She also provided reading facilities for guests, which anticipated the library now part of the Mary Baker Eddy Museum. She had made provision for the estab­ lishment of Longyear Foundation in 1926 and by 1937, the house was opened to the public, with exhibits displayed through­ out much of the building, illustrating by Mr. Longyear had purchased the Fisher was erected on Fisher Hill. Many changes photograph, document, or portrait some­ Hill property, a site overlooking the City were made but the original character re­ thing of the earthly life of Mary Baker of Boston and adjacent hills. The property mained. The kitchen was moved from Eddy and her work as Discoverer and lay between Seaver Street and the Brook­ the basement to the first floor, a large Founder of Christian Science. Many por­ line Reservoir on Fisher Avenue. The bowling alley was installed and a music traits, books, and manuscripts have been house was placed across what had been room and sun porch were added. When added to the collection over the years a section of Hyslop Road. completed, the house had about 100 through the generosity of supporters and During these years of rebuilding the rooms, while the Marquette house had friends. house, which was reoccupied in 1906, had 64. Practically nothing was broken A.H.W. Mr. Longyear had also been exploring and in shipping, and windows, doors, and acquiring rights to undeveloped coal fields many structural units were re-used with­ at Spitsbergen, Norway. A memorial to out change. As far as possible, the house his work survives today in the name of was made fireproof. The main stairs are the port village Longyearbyen, or Long­ of concrete and covered with wood and HAVE YOU NOTICED the "new look" year Town, ne'ar the Spitsbergen coal an ornamental balustrade. Other stairways in our advertising in The Christian Science mines. The area was to become inter­ have steel steps with wood covering or Monitor? Fresh copy and updated draw­ nationally important within a few years. overlay. Book tile, specified for the roof, ings present the Mary Baker Eddy Museum The history of this important work may was delayed so long in delivery that cop­ and historic houses to readers of the pa­ be read in the Library of the Longyear per roofmg was substituted. Many wood­ per all over the world. Offers to send inquirers the Longyear Foundation map Foundation, in Nathan Haskell Dole's en structural beams in the original house folder and information on items for sale America in Spitsbergen, two 'volumes, were replaced by steel ones. When the have brought many responses from far fully illustrated. Longyear house was completed and oc­ places as well as those nearer home. The original house at Marquette was cupied on March 25, 1906, it had about approximately square. With additional 50 percent more space within it than the needs for the family as well as require­ original house. ments of the land, an L-shaped house Fisher Hill was practically barren of trees at the time the house was erected. Within a few years, however, the entire area of some eight acres within surround­ ing walls had been landscaped in the manner of the Hudson River Valley gar­ dens of the 1890's. The Hunnewell Gar­ dens at Wellesley , Massachusetts, were also originally laid out in this style. Today the Longyear grounds survive as a rare ex­ ample in New England of this notable style of landscaping. The combination of formal and informal areas offers challenge to the visitor as he moves from one garden area to another. Longyear has been for­ Aerial view of the Longyear house with early tunate to have had one of its groundsmen 'The Longyear house today. It was reoccupied planting. serve for nearly fifty-four years. in Brookline on March 25, 1906.

82 A Gifted Editor healed early that year. The book was in Judge Hanna was continually employed two volumes and at the time was called, in writing, not only for the Chfistian "Science and Health with A Key to the Science periodicals, but for pamphlets, Scriptures." The undeniable help which magazines and the daily press. When the Mrs. Hanna received from reading the three-year rule for Readers was announced book led Judge Hanna at length to study in 1902, he resigned as First Reader and it seriously. He turned from indifference at the same time he and Mrs. Hanna to religion, shared by Mrs. Hanna, to an retired from their editorships. He was admission that in this book he had found made a lecturer in 1902 and they moved "a reasonable and logical presentation of to Colorado Springs as being centrally God, man, and the universe." He contin­ located for his new work. Although qual­ ued to investigate and demonstrate this ified to teach and practice Christian truth for about four years and was then Science, it was not until they settled in ready to turn from a legal career to a life Colorado Springs that they entered their dedicated to furthering "this great boon names as practitioners in The Christian to mankind," as he termed Christian Science Journal. Science. In their new home, Mrs. Hanna had He attended a meeting of the National more time to give to her music which Christian Scientists Association in Chicago she seemed to have kept up over the years. in 1890, and while there was invited to A friend reports having heard her play a come to Scranton, Pennsylvania, as Beethoven sonata with great skilljust the preacher and teacher. Little did he then year before her passing. In 1907 Judge realize that he would return to Chicago Hanna taught the Normal Class of the three years later to read Mrs. Eddy's Ad­ Board of Education, and the next year began his teaching of Christian Science, MRS. CAMILLA HANNA Arthur W. Palmer dress at the World's Parliament of Reli­ gions of the Columbian Exposition of which continued with annual classes and 1893. In 1892 he was called to Boston associations throughout the rest of his to edit The Christian Science Journal. life - to 1921. Judge and Mrs. Hanna THE RECENT ACQUISITION of an ex­ Always a co-worker with her husband, had moved to California from Colorado cellent likeness of Mrs. Camilla Hanna Mrs. Hanna became Assistant Editor when in 1911 and after his passing she contin­ (Mrs. Septimus J. Hanna) fills a conspic­ he accepted the editorship. For the next ued to carry on his Association and gave uous gap in our portrait collection of ten years, he and Mrs. Hanna were to be the annual address. early workers in Christian Science exhib­ closely associated with Mrs. Eddy. Their Judge and Mrs. Hanna brought the ited in the Mary Baker Eddy Museum. early years in Boston coincided with the highest qualities of mind and judgment Among these workers none was more period when Mrs. Eddy was bringing into to .serve Mrs. Eddy and the Cause of loyal and consistent in her service than being The First Church of Christ, Scien­ Christian Science in the 1890's when the Mrs. Hanna, who, as Assistant Editor of tist, in Boston. Church was expanding and fmding re­ The Christian Science Journal, and from sponse around the world. In the vital field 1898 of the Christian Science Sentinel, They had private instruction with Mrs. of communication they could speak and did much for over ten years to relieve Eddy - about seven lessons, some lasting write with understanding, clarity, and Mrs. Eddy of editorial concern while she two or three hours each. In 1898, they dedication. was reorganizing The Mother Church. The were invited to attend Mrs. Eddy's last A.H.W. portrait is by the well-known portrait class and she bestowed upon each of them_ painter of California, Arthur Palmer, and the degree of Doctor of Christian Sci­ was presented to Longyear Foundation ence. Judge Hanna had many assignments by the Association of Pupils of Judge incident to the unfolding of the Christian Hanna. Science movement, and therefore, when Mrs. Hanna was the daughter of Mar­ the Christian Science Sentinel (then Chris­ shall Turley, an inventor, of Council tian Science Weekly ) was established, Bluffs, Iowa, and was educated in private much of the work of carrying out this academies. Her diploma for instruction in assignment fell to Mrs. Hanna. Her re­ vocal music from Monticello Female Sem­ sponsibilities were fu rther increased when inary is in the Hanna Collection at Long­ Judge Hanna became pastor of The First year. She first heard of Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston in through the healing of friends in Council 1894 (Pul. 9: 16) , and later, First Reader Bluffs. At the time, she was living in of this Church when the permanent pas­ Leadville, Colorado, where she and her tor was ordained. husband, Judge Septimus J. Hanna, had In 1898 Judge Hanna was made Vice­ gone for his health. She, herself, had President of The Massachusetts Metaphys­ suffered from semi-invalidism for some ical College (Board of Education) a post years. She wrote her family in Council he held until Mrs. Eddy's passing when Bluffs asking how the healings of their he became President. Both Judge and Mrs. friends had been accomplished. Her father Hanna served on the Bible Lesson Com­ sent her a copy of Science and Health mittee, he from 1893-1898; she for the JUDGE SEPTIMUS J. HANNA and MRS. HANNA for a New Year's gift in 1886. She was year 1895. Co-workers in Christian Science.

83 A Souvenir Spoon for Christian Scientists presented to Mrs. Eddy by the jeweler. Later she had a few additional ones cast in gold for special gifts. Those made for regular sales were of sterling silver or sterling silver washed with gold. Exam- ._ ples of these various types are exhibited·' in the Mary Baker Eddy Museum, Long­ year Foundation. A description of the spoon appears in the January 1899 Christian Science Jour­ nal, p. 739, in which the writer says it was a massive piece of work, singularly rich and suggestive in design. A life-like bas relief of Mrs. Eddy is the central feature of the design. In the bowl is a picture of Pleasant View in relief and on the handle below the relief of Mrs. Eddy is the rose, her favorite flower. On the back of the handle, the motto is repro­ duced in her handwriting in relief. Sur­ mounting the handle is the emblem of the "Cross and Crown." Mary Baker Eddy Souvenir Spoon The spoon was ready for distribution by Christmas, 1898. In the February 1899 EARLY ONE WINTRY morning in 1898, Eddy's time, the J. C. Derby Company, Journal Mrs. Eddy also urged all Christian Mrs. Eddy called Calvin Frye to her and 22 and 24 Warren Street, Concord, sold Scientists to purchase one and, when they asked him to take down a statement the spoons under the name of the Chris­ could afford it, to get a dozen that all which, with other wonderful ideas, had tian Science Souvenir Company. Profits members of the family might read the come to her during the night.* She gave for all sales went to the manufacturer motto at every meal and accept its simple him no directions for its use. He was and distributor. In 1899, at about the truth. In time the sale of the spoon dwin­ merely to preserve it. Some months later - same time, Mrs. Eddy gave the Derby dled away and production gradually in the summer - the head of a leading Company permission to use the emblem ceased. jewelry firm in Concord called upon Mrs. of the " Cross and Crownt' on various Eddy about making a souvenir spoon for types of pins and pendants. Christian Scientists. She saw in such a The spoon was made in two sizes, New Artifacts Gallery project another way of helping her city a tea-spoon size , and a small replica in the and was immediately interested. He after-dinner coffee size. The first spoon AN ARTIFACTS GALLERY has been showed her a tentative design and she said cast from an ingot of 22-carat gold was opened at the Mary Baker Eddy Museum that she had just what was needed for to display some of the personal effects such a spoon. Calling Mr. Frye to her, of Mrs. Eddy. she asked him to bring the statement she On exhibition are items which date had given to him that wintry morning. back to 1868. Pieces of jewelry are dis­ For a moment he was panic stricken. He had no memory of what he had done with played which were presented to Mrs. the slip of paper on which it was written. Eddy or were given by her to her students. But he immediately realized that any mes­ Cross and crown pins show the transition sage God had given to Mrs. Eddy could from the coronet to the celestial crown. Pens used by Mrs. Eddy include one not be lost through him. Within a few moments he returned with it. used to write Science and Health and Mrs. Eddy approved the jeweler's sug­ another to correct the text of Miscellan­ eous Writings. The spoons on display are gestion and authorized the final design, described elsewhere in this issue of Quar­ utilizing on the handle the statement that terly News. had come to her months earlier. The Other items on display are a cape, spoon was cast and finished by William hood, and bonnet which were part of B. Durgin and Son, one of the largest Mrs. Eddy's wardrobe. Also shown in this and best manufacturers of silver in New gallery are calling cards, a Pleasant View England at the time. The dies, made by seal, Christmas greeting cards, and a wed­ this factory, were of such superior work­ Motto on Souvenir Spoon ding announcement. manship that they could be used some fifty years later, when, for a brief time, the spoons were reproduced again. In Mrs. LONGYEAR FOUNDATION: Board of Trustees: Mrs. Marian H. Holbrook, Mrs. Ruth A. Johnson, DonS. Greer. Technical Director, Richard C.Molloy; * This account is given by Calvin Hill in (o"esponding Secretary, Mrs. Charlis F. Vogel; Director of Research, Mrs. We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, Third Series, Anne Holliday Webb. QUARTERLY NEWS is published four times annually, p. 8. in the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, at the headquarters of Longyear

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