Boylston Building Explained

Boylston Building
Location:Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3521°N -71.0632°W
Built:1887
Architect:Fehmer, Carl; Woodbury & Leighton
Architecture:Chicago
Added:December 9, 1980
Mpsub:Boston Theatre MRA
Refnum:80000450

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).[1]

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

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Boylston Building. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-05-31.