Boylston Building

Boylston Building
Boylston Building is located in Boston
Boylston Building
Boylston Building is located in Massachusetts
Boylston Building
Boylston Building is located in the United States
Boylston Building
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′7.66″N 71°3′47.35″W / 42.3521278°N 71.0631528°W / 42.3521278; -71.0631528
Built1887
ArchitectCarl Fehmer; Woodbury & Leighton (builder)
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]

Interior Iron Skeleton

See also

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 May 31, 2014.


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