Boston Landmark
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A Boston Landmark is a designation by the Boston Landmarks Commission for historic buildings and sites. A designated site is selected on the grounds that it has historical, social, cultural, architectural or aesthetic significance to Boston, New England, or the United States. While National Landmark status bring tax-incentives for the the owner of a property, local landmark status has helped prevent and control modifications to a historic structure or place.[1]
Criteria
To start the designation procedure, a petition with at least 10 registered voters must be submitted to the Boston Landmarks Commission. A preliminary hearing is then held to determine if a study report should be prepared. If the commission agrees, a study report on the proposed Landmark and a public hearing follows. A 2/3 majority vote is necessary for a property to be designated. The decision must then be confirmed by the Mayor of Boston and by the city council. The Preservation Board determines if a property is a cultural resource (and therefore is eligible for landmark status) based on whether it
- Is a site that represents some important aspect of cultural, political, economic, military, or social history
- Is a site that has a significant association with an outstanding historic person
- Is a notable work of an influential architect, landscape architect, designer, or builder
- Represents elements of design with distinctive characteristics of a period, style or method of construction or development
Once designated, alterations must be reviewed and approved by the Boston Landmarks Commission[2]
Recent Designations
In 2015, the Boston Landmarks Commission was petitioned to designate Prouty Garden at Boston Children's Hospital for landmark status after a hospital expansion plan would lead to the destruction of the park. Th BLC commission voted 7-1 denying the petition.[3]
In 2016, the Boston Landmarks Commission was petitioned to designate the Citgo sign above Kenmore Square when the building, 660 Beacon Street was sold by Boston University. The proposal is still in consideration.[4]
List of Landmarks
| Boston Landmarks | Location | Date Designated [5] | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armory of the First Corps of Cadets | 911 N. Tucker Street, South Cove |
1977 |
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| Donald Mckay House | 80 White Street, East Boston |
1977 |
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| Boston Common | Beacon Street | 1977 |
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| Public Garden | Beacon Street |
1977 |
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| International Trust Company Building | 45 Milk Streeet |
1978 |
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| Adams Nervine Asylum | 990-1020 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain |
1977 | ||
| South End Landmark District & Protection Area [6] | South End |
1983 |
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| Brook Farm | 670 Baker Street, West Roxbury | 1977 |  |
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| Alvah Kittredge House [7] | 10 Linwood Street | 2016 |
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| Arlington Street Church | 355 Boylston Street, Back Bay | 1978 |
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| Ebenezer Hancock House | Marshall Street | 1978 | ||
| Hayden Building [8] | 681 Washington Street, Theater District | 1977 |
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| William Monroe Trotter House [9] | 97 Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester | 1977 |
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| Commonwealth Avenue Mall | Back Bay | 1977 |
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| James Blake House | 210 East Cottage Street,Dorchester | 1978 |
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| Paramount Theater | 549 -63 Washington Street, Theater District | 1984 |
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| Jacob Wirth's Restaurant | 31-39 Stuart Street,Theater District | 1977 |
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| Federal Reserve Bank | 30 Pearl Street, Boston | 1978 | ||
| Bay State Road/Back Bay West Architectural Conservation District | Bay State Road | 1979 | ||
| Boston Young Men's Christian Union Building | 48 Boylston Street, Theater District | 1977 | ||
| Boylston Building | 2 Boylston Street, Theater District | 1977 |
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| Oak Square School | 35 Nonantum Street, Brighton | 1979 |
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| Eustis Street Architectural Conservation District | Roxbury | 1981 | ||
| Charlestown Savings Bank | 1-4 Thompson Square, Charlestown | 1981 | ||
| St. Botolph Street Architectural Conservation District | St. Botolph Street | 1981 | ||
| Dorchester North Burying Ground | Columbia Road, Dorchester | 1981 |
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| Wilbur Theater | 250 Tremont Street, Theater District | 1987 |
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| Franklin Park | Roxbury | 1980 |
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| Cox Building | 1-7 Dudley Street, Roxbury | 1980 | ||
| Church Green Buildings | 101-3,105-13 Summer Street | 1979 |
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| Stock Exchange Building | 53 State Street | 1980 | ||
| United Shoe Machinery Company Building | 140 Federal Street | 1983 |
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| Harrison Loring House | 789 East Broadway, South Boston | 1984 |
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| Dorchester Pottery Works | 101-5 Victory Road, Dorchester | 1980 |
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| Back Bay Fens [10] | The Fenway | 1983 |
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| Proctor Building | 100-6 Bedford Street | 1983 | ||
| Trinity Neighborhood House | 406 Meridian Street, East Boston | 1981 |
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| Austin Block | 90-92 Main Street, Charlestown | 1981 | ||
| Blackstone Block Street Network [11] | Blackstone Block | 1983 |
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| Liberty Tree Block | 628-36 Washington Street, Theater District | 1985 |
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| 20-30 Bromfield Street | 1983 |
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| Bay Village Architectural Conservation District | Bay Village | 1983 |
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| Tugboat LUNA | Charles River | 1985 |
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| St. Gabriel's Monastery Building [12] | 159 Washington Street, Brighton | 1989 | ||
| Theodore Parker Unitarian Church | 1851 Centre Street | 1983 |
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| 5-7 Broad Street | 1983 | |||
| Batterymarch Building [13] | 54 Battermarch Street., Jamaica Plain | 1989 | ||
| Curley House | 350 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain | 1989 | ||
| Gibson House | 187 Beacon Street, Back Bay | 1992 |
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| Burrage House [14] | 137 Beacon Street, Back Bay | 1992 | ||
| 41 Princeton Street(Arch. Conservation District) | East Boston | 1991 | ||
| 39 Princeton Street (Arch. Conservation District) | East Boston | 1991 | ||
| McCormack Federal Building | 5 Post Office Square | 1998 | ||
| Old State House | 208 Washington Street | 1994 |
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| Faneuil Hall | 1-10 Faneuil Hall Squeare | 1994 |
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| Quincy Market [15] | Faneuil Hall Market Place | 1996 |
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| Edward Everett House | 16 Harvard Street, Charlestown | 1996 | ||
| Loring-Greenough House | 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain | 1999 |
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| Vienna Brewery Complex | 133 Halleck & 37 Station, Roxbury | 1999 | ||
| Malcolm X- Ella Little-Collins | 72 Dale Street, Roxbury | 1998 | ||
| Aberdeen District | Brighton | 2001 | ||
| Mission Church Complex | Mission Hill | 2004 | ||
| Fort Point Channel Landmark District | South Boston | 2008 |
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| Modern Theatre | 523-525 Washington Street | 2002 |
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| Charles River Speedway Administration Building | 1420-1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton | 2013 | ||
| George Milliken House | 44 Virginia Street,Dorchester | 2007 | ||
| Fowler Clark Farm | 487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan | 2006 | ||
| Jabez Lewis Farm House at the Arnold Arboretum [16] | 1090 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain | 2007 | ||
| Christian Science Center Complex | Fenway | 2011 |
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| Charles River Esplanade | Beacon Hill/ Back Bay | 2009 |
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| Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore and Circulating Library [17] | 13-15 West Street | 2011 | ||
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | 280 The Fenway | 2013 |
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References
- ^ http://www.bostonpreservation.org/index.html
- ^ http://www.cityofboston.gov/landmarks/designation.asp
- ^ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/28/prouty-garden-goes-before-landmarks-commission/q1JdJgMWpQDjhOHGkVtbRK/story.html#comments
- ^ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/06/28/will-citgo-sign-official-landmark
- ^ "City of Boston" (PDF). City of Boston. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ^ http://realestate.boston.com/news/2015/03/05/south-end-landmark-district-has-complicated-past/
- ^ http://historicboston.org/alvah-kittredge-house-proposed-for-boston-landmark-designation/
- ^ http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/news-calendar/news-updates/2013/03/01/mayor-menino-dedicates-historic-hayden-building
- ^ https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ma1.htm
- ^ http://www.muddyrivermmoc.org/restoring-olmsteds-vision/
- ^ http://www.historicnewengland.org/preservation/your-older-or-historic-home/articles/pdf236.pdf
- ^ https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/01/04/grad-student-housing-proposed-for-brighton-property/aW1DtthY1vSRWGEMdATGsJ/story.html
- ^ https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/12/21/when-boston-first-went-big-considering-one-our-original-skyscrapers/mazHuPto0Z2T00lD8HvYPK/story.html
- ^ https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/real-estate/2016/05/26/three-back-bay-mansions-gilded-age-shines-again/PKp4kuc26PjxzUUROUkcRK/story.html
- ^ https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/06/03/grand-plan-for-faneuil-hall-makeover-runs-into-resistance/Ae3oVuWXGsZdix2S5u27JM/story.html Quincy Market Makeover
- ^ http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/jabez-lewis-house/
- ^ http://archive.boston.com/yourtown/news/downtown/2011/09/commission_appears_poised_to_d.html