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Boston Architecture

19th Century Architecture

Boston -- History of the Landfill Projects
Copley Square -- old postcards and current views

Houses

H.G. Otis Houses
  1. 1st Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston, 1796.Charles Bulfinch, architect.
  2. 2nd Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston, 1800.Charles Bulfinch, architect.
  3. 3rd Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston, 1806.Charles Bulfinch, architect.

Sears House,
Boston
Louisburg Square,
Boston
Sears House / Louisburg Square
  1. Sears House, Boston, MA. 1818. Alexander Parris, architect.
  2. Louisburg Square, 1826. S.P. Fuller, builder.

32 Hereford St.
199 Commonwealth Ave.
303 Commonwealth Ave.
McKim, Mead & White: Houses in Boston's Back Bay
  1. 32 Hereford St., Boston, 1884. McKim, Mead & White, architects.
  2. 199 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 1890. McKim, Mead & White, architects.
  3. 303 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 1895. McKim, Mead & White, architects.

Churches


Park Street Church,
Boston, MA.
Trinity Church,
Boston
  1. Park Street Church, Boston, MA. 1809. Peter Banner, architect.
  2. Trinity Church, Boston, 1829. George Brimmer, architect. Destroyed by fire, 1872.

High Victorian Gothic Churches


Ware and Van Brunt:
First Church, Boston, 1868
Ware and Van Brunt: First Church, Boston, 1868
Ware and Van Brunt: First Church, Boston, 1868
Ware and Van Brunt: First Church, Boston, 1868

Cummings and Sears:
New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75
Cummings and Sears: New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75

Cummings and Sears: New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75

Cummings and Sears: New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75
The tower of the New Old South Church is 246' high.  It began leaning shortly after construction, eventually leaning over 36" out of plumb.  It was taken down in 1931 and rebuilt in 1940.
High Victorian Gothic Churches
  1. First Church, Boston. 1868William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects.
  2. First Church, Boston. 1868William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.
  3. First Church, Boston. 1868William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.
  4. First Church, Boston. 1868William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.
  5. New Old South Church, Boston. 1874-75. Cummings and Sears, architects.
  6. New Old South Church, Boston. 1874-75.Cummings and Sears, architects.

Richardsonian Romanesque


Brattle Square Church,
Boston
Brattle Square Church,
Boston
Brattle Square Church,
Boston
Brattle Square Church,
Boston
Brattle Square Church
  1. Brattle Square Church, Boston, 1871. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  2. Brattle Square Church, Boston, 1871. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  3. Brattle Square Church, Boston, 1871. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  4. Brattle Square Church, Boston, 1871. H.H. Richardson, architect. Sculpture by Frederic Bartholdi (sculptor of the Statue of Liberty).
  5. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.

Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston

Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston

Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston

Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston

Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston

Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church,
Boston
Trinity Church, Boston
  1. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  2. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect. Photograph before porch was completed in the 1890s by Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge.
  3. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  4. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  5. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  6. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  7. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  8. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  9. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  10. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  11. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  12. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  13. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  14. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  15. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  16. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.
  17. Trinity Church, Boston, 1872-77. H.H. Richardson, architect.

Commercial Buildings

Markets
 

Faneuil Hall, Boston
Faneuil Hall, Boston
Faneuil Hall, Boston

Quincy Market, Boston
Quincy Market, Boston
Quincy Market, Boston
Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market, Boston
  1. Faneuil Hall, Boston,1804. Enlarged 1804 by Charles Bulfinch, architect.
  2. Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1740. Original building. John Smibert, architect.
  3. Faneuil Hall, Boston,1804. Enlarged 1804 by Charles Bulfinch, architect. Drawing shows outline of original 1740 building by Smibert.
  4. Quincy Market, Boston,1825-6. Alexander Parris, architect. From Josiah Quincy's History of Boston, 1830.
  5. Quincy Market, Boston,1825-6. Alexander Parris, architect. From an old postcard.
  6. Quincy Market, Boston,1825-6. Alexander Parris, architect.
Hotels
 

Tremont House, Boston
Tremont House, Boston
  1. Tremont Hotel, Boston. 1828-32. Isaiah Rogers, architect. From M.C. Crawford, Romantic Days in Old Boston, 1910.

Ames Building,
Boston
Ames Building,
Boston
Winthrop Building,
Boston
Winthrop Building,
Boston
Early Skyscrapers in Boston
  1. Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93. Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge, architects. Bearing wall construction.
  2. Ames Building, Boston, 1889-93. Detail. Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge, architects. Bearing wall construction.
  3. Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893. Clarence Blackall, architect. First steel frame skyscraper in Boston.
  4. Winthrop Building, Boston, 1893. Clarence Blackall, architect. First steel frame skyscraper in Boston.

Government Buildings


Custom House,
Boston
Custom House,
Boston
Custom House,
Boston

Old City Hall,
Boston
Government Buildings
  1. Custom House, Boston, 1837-47. Ammi B. Young, architect. From an old postcard.
  2. Custom House Tower, Boston, 1913-15. Peabody & Stearns, architects. From an old postcard.
  3. Custom House Tower, Boston, 1913-15. Peabody & Stearns, architects.
  4. Old City Hall, 1862-5. Gridley J.F. Bryant & Arthur Gilman, architects. From an old postcard. Another View From King's Handbook of Boston, 1885.

Museums


Former Museum of 
Fine Arts, Boston
Museums
  1. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1871-78.(Demolished) Sturgis & Brigham, architects. From an old postcard.

Public Library,
Boston
Public Library,
Boston

Public Library,
Boston

Copley Square,
Boston
Copley Square,
Boston

Copley Square,
Boston
Boston Public Library
  1. Boston Public Library, 1888-1895. McKim, Mead, & White, architects.
  2. Boston Public Library, 1888-1895. McKim, Mead, & White, architects.
  3. Boston Public Library, 1888-1895. McKim, Mead, & White, architects.
  4. Boston Public Library, 1888-1895. McKim, Mead, & White, architects. From an old postcard of Copley Square. (New Old South Church at right, 1874-75; Cummings & Sears, architects.
  5. Copley Square, postcard from 1907.
  6. Copley Square, postcard from 1909.

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