Boylston Building

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Boylston Building
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Boylston Building is located in Boston
Boylston Building
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′7.66″N 71°3′47.35″W / 42.3521278°N 71.0631528°W / 42.3521278; -71.0631528Coordinates: 42°21′7.66″N 71°3′47.35″W / 42.3521278°N 71.0631528°W / 42.3521278; -71.0631528
Built1887
ArchitectFehmer, Carl; Woodbury & Leighton
Architectural styleChicago
MPSBoston Theatre MRA
NRHP reference No.80000450[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1980

The Boylston Building is an historic building at 2–22 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The six-story sandstone building was designed by Carl Fehmer and built in 1887 by Woodbury & Leighton. It is an early instance in Boston of a skeleton-built commercial structure, rather than having load-bearing masonry walls. The building housed the Boylston Market, a wholesale trading exchange which had been on the site since 1810 (in a building designed by Charles Bulfinch).[2]

It was designated as Boston Landmark in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Boylston Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-31.

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