John Hancock was first to sign Declaration of Independence, the first governor of Massachusetts and president of the Second ...

John Hancock sold the house to a Boston merchant in 1785, according to a report by the Boston Landmarks Commission. It is currently owned by law firm Swartz & Swartz, who purchased it in 1974.

If you’re looking to own — and live in — a piece of American history in the heart of Boston, you’re in luck. The Ebenezer Hancock House at 10 Marshall St., built in the mid-1700s, is now ...

John Hancock Was More Than Just a Pretty Signature A new biography by Willard Sterne Randall shows how 18th-century Boston’s most popular businessman put his mark on the American Revolution.