Jacob Wirth
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Jacob Wirth Buildings
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| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates: | 42°21′4″N 71°3′52″W / 42.35111°N 71.06444°WCoordinates: 42°21′4″N 71°3′52″W / 42.35111°N 71.06444°W |
| Built: | 1844 |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Architectural style: | Greek Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Boston Theatre MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: |
80000442 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 9, 1980 |
The Jacob Wirth Restaurant is a historic German-American restaurant and bar in Boston, Massachusetts at 31-39 Stuart Street. Founded in 1868, Jacob Wirth is one of the oldest restaurants in Boston.
The Greek Revival building housing the restaurant was constructed in 1844. The German style restaurant was founded in 1868 and is the second oldest continuously operating restaurant in the city after the Union Oyster House.[2] The restaurant was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] Jacob Wirth was the first distributor of Anheuser Bush products. The Wirth family and Anheuser family are from the same small town in Germany.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Jacob Wirth website (accessed June 29, 2008)
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