The Riviera (Boston, Massachusetts)

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The Riviera
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The Riviera (Boston, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
The Riviera (Boston, Massachusetts)
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′30″N 71°5′9″W / 42.34167°N 71.08583°W / 42.34167; -71.08583Coordinates: 42°20′30″N 71°5′9″W / 42.34167°N 71.08583°W / 42.34167; -71.08583
Built1923
Architect
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.95001450 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 1995

The Riviera is an historic apartment building at 270 Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1923, it is a seven-story brick and concrete structure developed by Coleman & Gilbert and designed by . Norcross was a prolific builder of apartment and tenement blocks for the city's burgeoning immigrant population. The building has an asymmetrical facade, divided into four similarly styled sections, each of which has a band of three sash windows on the left and a projecting polygonal bay on the right. A few of the three-window groups have shallow balconies with low balustrades in front of them.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for The Riviera". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-20.


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