YWCA Boston building (Clarendon Street) explained

YWCA Boston
Location:140 Clarendon St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3486°N -71.0744°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1929
Architect:Shepard, George F.& Frederic Stearns; Root, Henry
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:March 3, 2004
Refnum:04000119

The YWCA Boston building is a historic building located at 140 Clarendon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 13-story brick-faced steel-frame building was designed by George F. Shepard and Frederic Stearns, and built in 1929.[1] The building once housed an indoor swimming pool and recreation facilities for the YWCA Boston; it is now operated by Clarendon Residences LLC, which provides affordable and market-rate housing, the boutique hotel Hotel 140, facilities for the Lyric Stage of Boston and Snowden International High School, and corporate offices for several small and mid-sized for-profit and not-for-profit tenants.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for YWCA Boston. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-06-09.