Hotel Boylston Explained

Hotel Boylston (1871-1894) of Boston, Massachusetts, stood at the corner of Tremont Street and Boylston Street in today's Boston Theater District. The architecture firm of Cummings and Sears designed it "in the Italian-Gothic style" as a residential apartment building.^[1] Among the tenants: New England Kennel Club;^[2] Christian Science Publishing Co.;^[3] and piano dealer Steinert & Sons and its 350-seat concert hall.^{[4] [5]}

Further reading

• S. N. Carter. "Recent Architecture in Boston." The Art Journal (1875-1887), New Series, Vol. 3 (1877)
• American Architect and Building News, June 13, 1885

External links

• Detail of 1882 map of Boston showing location of Hotel Boylston, via Boston Public Library's Atlascope Boston tool.
• Bostonian Society. Photo of intersection of Tremont and Boylston Streets, c. 1890 (Hotel Boylston at right)
• Boston Public Library. Photo of Hotel Boylston

42.3523°N -71.0644°W

Notes and References

1. Bacon's dictionary of Boston. 1886
2. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 12, 1886
3. Caspar's directory of the American book, news and stationery trade. 1889
4. "Steinert Hall." King's Handbook of Boston. 1889
5. Illustrated Boston, the Metropolis of New England. NY: American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889