Winthrop Building

The Winthrop Building is an historic skyscraper at 7 Water Street (intersection with Washington Street) in Boston, Massachusetts.

Winthrop Building
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′27″N 71°3′29″W
Built1894
Built byWoodbury & Leighton
ArchitectBlackall & Newton
Architectural styleSecond Renaissance Revival[1]
NRHP reference No.74000392[2]
Added to NRHPApril 18, 1974

The nine story brick and terracotta building was designed by Clarence H. Blackall in the Renaissance Revival style, and has the distinction of being the first skyscraper in the city to have been constructed with a steel frame.[1] Completed in 1894, it was originally known as the Carter Building, but was renamed the Winthrop Building in 1899 after the Puritan Governor John Winthrop, whose second house was located adjacent to the site.[3] Prominent past tenants include Landscape Architect Fletcher Steele in the 1920s[4] and the Boston offices of the Associated Press.[5]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974,[2] and was designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2016.[6]

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See also
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts

References
  1. Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Accessed 2015-08-29.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. The Winthrop-Carter Building: Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report. Boston Landmarks Commission. Accessed 2016-06-01.
  4. "Tufts Digital Library - View Text tufts:central:dca:UA069:UA069.005.DO.00005".
  5. Service Bulletin of the Associated Press - No. 16. New York: May 15, 1907. p. 16
  6. Boston Landmarks Commission Names Roxbury’s Kittredge House and Downtown’s Winthrop-Carter Building Boston Landmarks. Historic Boston Incorporated. January 19, 2016. Accessed 2016-06-01.


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