Jacob Wirth Restaurant
Jacob Wirth Buildings | |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°21′04.2″N 71°03′49.8″W / 42.351167°N 71.063833°W |
Built | 1844 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | Boston Theatre MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 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 the second oldest continuously operated restaurant in Boston.[2]
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.[3] The restaurant was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] and designated a Boston Landmark in 1977, with interior and exterior protections - see the study report. Jacob Wirth was the first distributor of Anheuser Busch products. The Wirth family and Anheuser family are from the same small town in Germany.
In 2010, Chelsea developer "AJ Simboli Real Estate paid $1.6 million for the 14,000-square-foot eatery,"[4] The restaurant has been put up for sale in January 2018[2] after having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[5]
Popular culture
- The Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz movie Knight and Day filmed a wedding scene here.[6]
- it was referenced during a meeting in Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Cain, Jacqueline (January 17, 2018). "Iconic Theater District Beer Hall Jacob Wirth Is for Sale It's the second-oldest continually operating restaurant in Boston". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Jacob Wirth website (accessed June 29, 2008)
- ^ Developer buys Jacob Wirth, vows to preserve restaurant
- ^ McDonald, Danny (January 18, 2018). "Historic Jacob Wirth Co. restaurant up for sale". Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Loaded Gun: Tom Cruise's Knight & Day filming at Jacob Wirth
- ^ Movie Reviews-Killing Them Softly
External links
- Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Restaurants on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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- German-American cuisine
- German restaurants
- German-American culture in Massachusetts
- 1868 establishments in Massachusetts
- Cultural history of Boston
- Drinking establishments in Boston
- Boston Theater District
- Restaurants established in 1868
- National Register of Historic Places in Boston
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