The King of Thailand
“Preserve a piece of Thai history”
Trail of Thai Royalty in Massachusetts
1916-1928
The King of Thailand Birthplace Foundation (KTBF)
15 Given Drive Phone: (781) 365-0083 Email: ktbf@thailink.com
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803-4761 Fax: (781) 365-0083
http://www.thailink.com/ktbf/
Trail of Thai Royalty in Massachusetts Project
Contact: Cholthanee Koerojna , ktbf@thailink.com, phone/fax: 781-365-0083, cell – 781-351-1885
Researchers: Cholthanee Koerojna and Mana Sanguansook
Editors: Carleton Cole and Kim Wells Atkinson
Supporters/Resources: Historical Societies in Massachusetts; Boston, Cambridge, Belmont, Gloucester, Brookline, Arlington, West Chop – Martha’s Vineyard, in New Hampshire – Mount Washington Observatory, in Vermont – Burlington Historical Society, in New York- Lake Placid Historical Society; in Connecticut – Hartford; Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Simmons College,
Mount Auburn Hospital
The information in this trail is based on Cholthanee’s research on Prince Mahidol of Songkla and Princess Mother’s story in Massachusetts Massachusetts by Nimitr Namchai and many more references from Thai books, documentary and historical society archives in Massachusetts , Connecticut , Vermont and New Hampshire
The beginning of the trail is at the back of Birthplace Monument Massachusetts
The starting trail plaque will be placed on the back of the Birthplace monument. The content will contain the map of Massachusetts
Trail of Thai Royalty in Massachusetts according to the content.
Trail of Thai Royalty in Massachusetts
Gloucester
1. The Harding cottage at 3 Page Street, Bass Rocks, was the summer headquarters of the Siamese (Thai) legation of Washington, DC in 1916 where Prince Mahidol visited on his way to Harvard University to study public health.
Cambridge
2. The house at 11 Hawthorn Street was originally located at the corner of Brattle and Church streets, where Prince Mahidol occupied it from 1916 to 1918 while studying at Harvard.
3. The house at 11 Story Street was another residence of Prince Mahidol (1918 – 1919) who was studying at Harvard.
4. The building at 44 Langdon Street housed the Siamese (Thai) Office of Educational Affairs, other governmental offices and officers between 1917 and 1927, including the Siamese Alliance (Siam Samakom) led by Prince Mahidol. Miss Sangwan Talapat (who was to become the Princess Mother) stayed here briefly in 1918 on her arrival in Boston.
5. The house at 15 Berkeley Street was the Williston family home where the future Princess Mother lived from September 1919 to April 1920.
6. Mount Auburn Hospital (formerly Cambridge Hospital) at 330 Mount Auburn Street was where Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej was born on December 5, 1927. The royal baby was to become King Rama IX of Siam (Thailand) and was the first monarch born in the continental USA.
Belmont
7. The house at 49 Cedar Road was the Kent family home where the future Princess Mother stayed from July 1919 to September 1919 after she had become engaged to marry Prince Mahidol.
Brookline
8. In one of the units at 63 Longwood Avenue, Prince Mahidol lived with his wife and three children: Princess Galyani Vadhana, Prince Anandha, and the newborn Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej, from 1926 until they all returned to Thailand in 1928.
Martha’s Vineyard
9. The house at 703 Main Street, West Chop, was the vacation home of Prince Mahidol and his family during the summer of 1926.
10. The house at 741 Main Street, West Chop, was the vacation home of Prince Mahidol and his family during the summer of 1927.
PLAQUES WITH FURTHER HISTORICAL NOTES ARE DISPLAYED AT EACH SITE.
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Harding Cottage, 3 Page Street, Bass Rocks, Gloucester
Trail of Thai Royalty in Massachusetts according to the content.
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Trail of Thai Royalty in Massachusetts
Gloucester
1. The Harding cottage at 3 Page Street, Bass Rocks, was the summer headquarters of the Siamese (Thai) legation of Washington, DC in 1916 where Prince Mahidol visited on his way to Harvard University to study public health.
Cambridge
2. The house at 11 Hawthorn Street was originally located at the corner of Brattle and Church streets, where Prince Mahidol occupied it from 1916 to 1918 while studying at Harvard.
3. The house at 11 Story Street was another residence of Prince Mahidol (1918 – 1919) who was studying at Harvard.
4. The building at 44 Langdon Street housed the Siamese (Thai) Office of Educational Affairs, other governmental offices and officers between 1917 and 1927, including the Siamese Alliance (Siam Samakom) led by Prince Mahidol. Miss Sangwan Talapat (who was to become the Princess Mother) stayed here briefly in 1918 on her arrival in Boston.
5. The house at 15 Berkeley Street was the Williston family home where the future Princess Mother lived from September 1919 to April 1920.
6. Mount Auburn Hospital (formerly Cambridge Hospital) at 330 Mount Auburn Street was where Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej was born on December 5, 1927. The royal baby was to become King Rama IX of Siam (Thailand) and was the first monarch born in the continental USA.
Belmont
7. The house at 49 Cedar Road was the Kent family home where the future Princess Mother stayed from July 1919 to September 1919 after she had become engaged to marry Prince Mahidol.
Brookline
8. In one of the units at 63 Longwood Avenue, Prince Mahidol lived with his wife and three children: Princess Galyani Vadhana, Prince Anandha, and the newborn Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej, from 1926 until they all returned to Thailand in 1928.
Martha’s Vineyard
9. The house at 703 Main Street, West Chop, was the vacation home of Prince Mahidol and his family during the summer of 1926.
10. The house at 741 Main Street, West Chop, was the vacation home of Prince Mahidol and his family during the summer of 1927.
PLAQUES WITH FURTHER HISTORICAL NOTES ARE DISPLAYED AT EACH SITE.
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This house, the home of Emily Harding, served as the summer headquarters of the Siamese (Thai) legation at Washington, DC.
Prince Mahidol of
Prince Mahidol was a son of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Savang Vadhana and was the father of the two kings, Rama VIII and Rama IX. Prince Mahidol was the first Thai royal to study in the USA
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Prince Mahidol of Siam (Thailand) occupied this house from 1916 to 1918 while studying public health at Harvard University. At that time this house was located at the corner of Brattle and Church streets (45 Brattle Street) where it had originally been built. The house was moved to its present location in 1926.
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Prince Mahidol of Siam (Thailand) moved to this house in 1918, the year after it was built. He stayed here until he completed his public health studies at Harvard University in 1919.
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Between 1917 and 1927 this building housed the Siamese (Thai) Office of Educational Affairs that took care of Thai scholarship students in America. Staff of other governmental offices also worked and lived here.
One of those students was Miss Sangwan Talapat, who was to marry Prince Mahidol and become the Princess Mother. Having received a scholarship from Queen Savang Vadhana to study nursing, Miss Sangwan arrived in Boston by train from San Francisco with eight other students on the evening of September 21, 1918. She was welcomed at South Station by Prince Mahidol who had come to greet the students and take them to the Brattle Inn at 48 Brattle Street. Miss Sangwan later moved to 44 Langdon Street and stayed here until September 28.
From 1921 to 1927 this building also housed the Siamese Alliance (Siam Samakom), the first Thai student association in the USA, established under Prince Mahidol’s leadership. Prince Mahidol, a son of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Savang Vadhana, was the first Thai royal to study in the USA.
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15 Berkeley Street, Cambridge
The Princess Mother of Thailand (née Miss Sangwan Talapat) stayed in this house with the Williston family from September 1919 to April 1920. Miss Sangwan was preparing herself to study nursing at Simmons College and local hospitals under a scholarship from Queen Savang Vadhana. Miss Sangwan studied arts and other subjects with the two Williston sisters Emily and Constance and attended Miss Edith Johnson’s Tutoring School as well.
Miss Sangwan first met her future husband on her arrival at South Station in Boston in 1918. Prince Mahidol, a son of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Savang Vadhana, was studying public health at Harvard University, the first Thai royal to study in the USA.
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Mount Auburn Hospital
330 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
Behind these tall windows is the operating room where Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej of Siam (Thailand) was born on December 5, 1927. Prince Bhumibol became King Rama IX in 1946 and was the first monarch of any nationality to be born in the continental USA.
The mother of the future king, née Miss Sangwan Talapat, stayed to nurse her royal son for 21 days at this hospital (then known as Cambridge Hospital). She was a student at Simmons College at that time, while her husband Prince Mahidol was a student at Harvard Medical School
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49 Cedar Road, Belmont
The Princess Mother of Thailand (née Miss Sangwan Talapat) stayed in this house with the Kent family from July 1919 to September 1919, after she had become engaged to marry Prince Mahidol. Miss Sangwan was preparing herself to study nursing at Simmons College and local hospitals under a scholarship from Queen Savang Vadhana.
Miss Sangwan lived with the Strong family in Hartford, Connecticut and studied at North Western Grammar School from September 1918 to July 1919.
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63 Longwood Avenue, Brookline
Prince Mahidol of Siam (Thailand) lived in one of the apartments here from 1926 to 1928 with his wife and their young children: Princess Galyani Vadhana, Prince Anandha (who was to become King Rama VIII), and Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej (who was to become King Rama IX). Prince Bhumibol was born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on 5 December 1927, the first monarch to be born in the continental United States.
While living here Prince Mahidol graduated from Harvard Medical School and the Princess Mother studied nursing and household economics at Simmons College and local hospitals. In July 1928 the family returned to Thailand.
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703 Main Street, West Chop, Martha’s Vineyard
In the summer of 1926, Prince Mahidol of Siam (Thailand) stayed at this house with his wife and their children: Princess Galyani Vadhana (aged 3 years) and Prince Anandha (aged 1), who was to become King Rama VIII. Prince Mahidol was studying medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Princess Mother was studying nursing and household economics at Simmons College and local hospitals.
Prince Mahidol was a son of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Savang Vadhana and was the father of the two kings, Rama VIII and Rama IX. Prince Mahidol was the first Thai royal to study in the USA.
This house was the vacation home of Dr. Francis Bowes Sayre, a professor at Harvard Law School, who was adviser in foreign affairs to King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) in Bangkok (November 1923 ¬¬to September 1924) and in Europe (the ensuing year). His Majesty conferred on Dr. Sayre a distinctive name and title of high nobility: Phraya Kalyan Maitri.
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741 Main Street, West Chop, Martha’s Vineyard
In the summer of 1927, Prince Mahidol of Siam (Thailand) stayed at this house, the home of Mrs. Elijah Cleveland, with his wife and their children: Princess Galyani Vadhana (aged 4 years) and Prince Anandha (aged 2), who was to become King Rama VIII. Prince Mahidol was studying medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Princess Mother was studying nursing and household economics at Simmons College and local hospitals.
