Hotel Boylston (1871-1894) of Boston, Massachusetts, stood at the corner of Tremont Street and Boylston Street in today's Boston Theater District. The architecture firm of Cummings and Sears designed it "in the Italian-Gothic style" as a residential apartment building.[1][2] Among the tenants: New England Kennel Club;[3] Christian Science Publishing Co.;[4] and piano dealer Steinert & Sons and its 350-seat concert hall.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ New England: a handbook for travelers, 7th ed., rev. and augm., Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood, 1880, OL 23638367M
- ^ Bacon's dictionary of Boston. 1886
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 12, 1886
- ^ Caspar's directory of the American book, news and stationery trade. 1889
- ^ "Steinert Hall." King's Handbook of Boston. 1889
- ^ Illustrated Boston, the Metropolis of New England. NY: American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889
Further reading
edit- S. N. Carter. "Recent Architecture in Boston." The Art Journal (1875-1887), New Series, Vol. 3 (1877)
- American Architect and Building News, June 13, 1885
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hotel Boylston.
- Detail of 1882 map of Boston showing location of Hotel Boylston, via Boston Public Library's Atlascope Boston tool.
- Bostonian Society. Photo of intersection of Tremont and Boylston Streets, c. 1890 (Hotel Boylston at right)
- Boston Public Library. Photo of Hotel Boylston
