Hotel Agassiz Explained

Hotel Agassiz is a historic building in Boston designed by Weston & Rand and built in 1872.[1] It is located at 191 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay. The building was designed for Alexander Agassiz (son of Harvard University naturalist Louis Agassiz) and his brother-in-law Henry Lee Higginson (son of George Higginson who founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[2] Alexander Agassiz was the developer and president of the Calumet Mine and Hecla Copper Mines.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20131114010326/http://www.bosarchitecture.com/backbay/commonwealth/191.html
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qg_uLLXLY5kC&dq=%22Hotel+Agassiz%22+1872&pg=PA80 Victorian Boston Today: Twelve Walking Tours