North Terminal Garage
The North Terminal Garage is an historic parking garage on 600 Commercial Street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. The three-story concrete garage was built in 1925 to a design by Little & Russell. It is a rare surviving parking facility from such an early date, and is further notable as the site of the Great Brink's Robbery on January 17, 1950.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
Plaque on the front of the North Terminal Garage
North Terminal Garage | |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′1″N 71°3′28″W |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Little & Russell; Aberthaw Company |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000971 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 1997 |
A plaque on the front of the building identifies it as the site on which "illuminating gas was first commercially manufactured in New England in 1828."
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "NRHP nomination for North Terminal Garage". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
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