National Register of Historic Places - Massachusetts (MA), Suffolk County

Suffolk County Massachusetts (Vacant / Not In Use) has 25 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Boylston Building, Fort Banks Mortar Battery, Hayden Building, Shirley-Eustis House and WENTWORTH, ALICE S. (schooner).

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Suffolk County places including Col. Henry Abbot, Norcross Bros., Woodbury & Leighton, Carl Fehmer, Mansfield, Lt. Col. Samuel L., etal, Henry H. Richardson, Rutan & Coolidge Shepley, Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp., Fitchburg Railroad and Carr & Wright Nimmons. Prominent architectural styles found in Suffolk Country are Classical Revival, Romanesque and Renaissance.

Bigelow School (added 1985 - - #85000316)

350 W. 4th St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bateman,Charles J.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Bowditch School (added 1990 - - #90001145)

80--82 Greene St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Atwood,Harrison Henry

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Boylston Building (added 1980 - - #80000450)

2-22 Boylston St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Woodbury & Leighton, Fehmer,Carl

Architectural Style:

Chicago

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Theater

Charles River Reservation--Upper Basin Headquarters (added 2010 - - #10000506)

Also known as Charles River Speedway Headquarters, Speedway Complex

1420-1440 Soldiers Field Rd , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stickney & Austin, Charles Eliot, Olmsted Brothers

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Other, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Other, Vacant/Not In Use

Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District (added 1990 - - #89002271)

Beacon St. and Commonwealth Ave. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Shepley,Rutan & Coolidge

Architectural Style:

Other, Classical Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Church of Christ (added 1984 - - #84000430)

Also known as Revere Masonic Temple

265 Beech St. , Revere

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Collins Building (added 2005 - - #05000559)

Also known as Bowdoin Hall; Mt. Bowdoin Hall, New Washington Auditorium; Silver Manor

213-217 Washington St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

EDNA G. shipwreck (Eastern Rig dragger) (added 2010 - - #10000039)

Also known as STB009

Address Restricted , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Commerce, Engineering, Maritime History, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

East Boston High School, Old (added 2006 - - #06000127)

Also known as Joseph H. Barnes School

127 Marion St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Faxon, John Lymon, Greco, Charles Reggio

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Eliot Burying Ground (added 1974 - - #74000388)

Also known as Eustis Street Burying Ground;First Burying Ground in Roxbury

Eustis and Washington Sts. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Art, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Fire Station

Current Function:

Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

Engine House No. 34 (added 1985 - - #85003375)

Also known as Western Avenue Fire Station

444 Western Ave. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bateman,Charles

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fields Corner Municipal Building (added 1981 - - #81000620)

1 Arcadia St., 195 Adams St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Clough,George A.

Architectural Style:

Gothic

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fort Banks Mortar Battery (added 2007 - - #07000144)

Also known as Fort Banks

Kennedy Dr. , Winthrop

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Abbot, Col. Henry, Mansfield, Lt. Col. Samuel L., etal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Engineering, Military

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fulton-Commercial Streets District (added 1973 - - #73000319)

Fulton, Commercial, Mercantile, Lewis, and Richmond Sts. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Hayden Building (added 1980 - - #80000446)

681-683 Washington St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Norcross Bros., Richardson,Henry H.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Theater

Hibernian Hall (added 2004 - - #04000534)

Also known as Hibernian Building

182-186 Dudley St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dolan, Joseph M., Graham, Edward T.P.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, European, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings (added 2010 - - #10000300)

Also known as Croft Brewery Bottling and Storage Building, Oliver Ditson & Company

154-166 Terrace St , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Beal, William J., Monks and Johnson

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Home for Aged Couples (added 2005 - - #05000879)

Also known as Elizabeth Carleton House

409, 419 Walnut Ave. and 2055 Columbus Ave. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Co0lidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbo, Fox, John A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Exotic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Hoosac Stores 1 & 2-Hoosac Stores 3 (added 1985 - - #85002339)

25 and 115 Water St. , Charlestown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fitchburg Railroad

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Economics, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Warehouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Kennedy's Building (added 1983 - - #83004619)

26--38 Summer St., 84--88 Hawley St., and Snow Place , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Emerson & Fehmer

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Roughan Hall (added 1982 - - #82004448)

15-18 City Sq. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Donovan & Brock, Vinal,Arthur H.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Engineering, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store (added 1991 - - #90001992)

309 Park Dr. and 201 Brookline Ave. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Nimmons,Carr & Wright

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Shirley-Eustis House (added 1966 - - #66000787)

31-37 Shirley St. , Roxbury

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Trinity Neighborhood House (added 1992 - - #92000356)

406 Meridian St. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

WENTWORTH, ALICE S. (schooner) (added 1974 - - #73002284)

Pier 4, Northern Ave. , Boston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use