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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′8″N 71°3′51″W / 42.35222°N 71.06417°W |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Winslow & Bigelow; Bigelow & Wadsworth |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| MPS | Boston Theatre MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000453 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 9, 1980 |
The Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Company building is a historic utility company building at 25–39 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The seven-story Beaux Arts building was constructed in 1906 to a design by Winslow & Bigelow and enlarged in 1922 to a design by Bigelow & Wadsworth. It served as the headquarters of the Boston Edison Illuminating Company until the 1950s. It is an early skyscraper with Beaux Arts detailing and made of limestone. [2]
In 1980 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places; [1] in 1984 it was purchased to become the home of Saint Francis House.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Company". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
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