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Hale Barnard Services for Older People is a private non-profit charity that owns and operates Hale House, a historic Victorian brownstone, restored through a major capital campaign. All of its resources go to serving its residents and program participants.
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Hale House was named in honor of Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), a notable Bostonian, spiritual leader and prolific author.
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Hale House was once the home of the historian and writer Henry Adams, grandson of President John Quincy Adams.
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In 1876, the first Audubon Society was founded by Bostonians Harriet Lawrence Hemenway and her cousin Minna B. Hall, in the parlor of the house.
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