West Street District
West Street District | |
| Location | West St., Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′17.04″N 71°3′44.88″W / 42.3547333°N 71.0624667°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Architect | Leland, Joseph D., & Co.; Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott |
| Architectural style | Chicago, Classical Revival, Renaissance |
| MPS | Boston Theatre MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000455[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 09, 1980 |
The West Street District is a historic district on West Street in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the city's "ladder districts" that runs between Tremont Street and Washington Street in the Downtown Crossing commercial/retail area. The district includes four buildings located near the corner of Tremont and West Streets, all built in the early 20th century. The two buildings at 148-150 Tremont Street were once occupied by Chandler and Company, an exclusive department store. Number 148 is a Renaissance Revival structure built as an office building in 1912, and number 150 was built in 1903 to house the Oliver Ditson Company, a music publisher. The Fabyan building at 26-30 West Street was designed by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott, and built in 1926. The Schraffts Building at 16-24 West Street was built in 1922, and housed a flagship candy store and restaurant for more than fifty years.[2]
The West Street District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Gallery
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Brattle Book Shop, 9 West Street, an outdoor bookstore.
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50 Tremont Street, 2015
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for West Street District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 9, 2014.