United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building | |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°21′14″N 71°3′23″W / 42.35389°N 71.05639°W |
Built | 1929 |
Architect | George W.Fuller Co.; Parker, Thomas & Rice |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 80000668 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 19, 1980 |
The United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building is a historic office building at 138-164 Federal Street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. The steel-frame skyscraper has 24 stories and a penthouse, and was built in 1928 to a design by George W. Fuller and Parker, Thomas & Rice. It is one of Boston's finest Art Deco buildings, including an elaborately decorated lobby. It was built for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, which at the time controlled 98% of the nation's shoe machinery business.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] and in 1983 it was designated a Boston Landmark with rare interior (lobby) as well as exterior protection by the Boston Landmarks Commission.
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- City of Boston, Landmarks Commission. [1], 1983
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
Categories:
- Office buildings completed in 1929
- Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Art Deco architecture in Massachusetts
- Skyscrapers in Boston
- Office buildings in Boston
- National Register of Historic Places in Boston
- Landmarks in Boston
- Boston Registered Historic Place stubs
- Boston building and structure stubs