MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1. Alexander, E.P. Down at the Depot, New York: Clarkson Potter, 1970. 2. Boston Herald, September 5, 1897; October 18, 1964. 3. Francis, G.B. The South Terminal Station, Boston, Mass. reprinted from Proceedings,_American Society of Engineers, December, 1899. 4. Meeks, C.L.V. The Railroad Station, An Architectural History, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. 5. Whitehill, W.H. Boston: A Topographical History, 2nd ed., Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1968. 6. Windsor, J., ed. The Memorial History of Boston, Boston: J.R. Osgood, 1880. 10.
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITJDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROOERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE R OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds NW Degrees Minutes Seçonds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NE SE 42 21 07.294 71 03 20.393 SW APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 0.5 ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE FORMPREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Elizabeth Amadon, Executive Director, by Boston Landmarks Commission ORGANIZATION Massachusetts Historical Commission STREET AND NUMBER: October, 1974 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston 2.
STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION STATE Massachusetts 02108 NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION CODE 025 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: National X. State Local I hereby certify that this property is included in the Nationa 1 Register. Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Name Clachuk R. Amadm Elizabeth R.
Amadon Date ATTEST: Title Date State Historic Preservation Officer (dilignee) Octobu 31,1974 Keeper of The National Register Date GP0 931.894 un UCT SACHUSETTS S WORKS 331 ou rongides Drydocks ES NAVAL estown (North Che Hiph Sch Fire Library -Faneuil -Coast Guard Station TUNNEL SUMNER iTUNNEL CALLAHAN -744 _TUNNEL 1T." Customhouse Post Office CONGRES: Sta* South Sta Channel Point Sta Fort FIRST 2'30" 332 SALEM 14 MI. 0.4 MI. TO MASS. MS1U OBMIV rolleate Maverick CENTRAL Water, Tank- East TFird Boston Sta Campe Hith IStà Athletic Field Jefferies 9 Point BOSTON SOUTH QUADRANGLE MASSACHUSETTS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 6868 IV NW (LYNN) 730 000 FEET 335 71°00' 42°22'30" BOSTON HARBOR Tidal Flat: 4693 SOUTH STATION HEADHOOUSE Atlantic Ave.
& Summer S 500 000 Boston, Massachusetts FEET WINTHROP LAT: 420 21' 07.294" LONG: 71° 03 ' 20.393" BOSTON CORP BDY LOGAN (INTERNATIONAL) AIRPORT AMagport Fire Sta : 4692 Commonwealth Pier Fish Pier INNER FSNAVAT. RUS 09-ARM BES HARBOR Dry Dock Reserved Channel 4691 Tidal Flat Governors Island 4690690 HA RBOR 4690 Form 10-301 (July 1968) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONALPARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC South Union Terminal 1. NAME COMMON South Station Headhouse 2. LOCATION STATE Massachusetts STREET AND NUMBER COUNTY Suffolk Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street 3. MAP REFERENCE SOURCE DATE 1970 U.S.G.S. , Boston South REQUIREMENTSI PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW.
NUMERIC CODE (Aeelgned by NPS) TOWN Boston SCALE 1:24,000 GPO 932.010 RapRr South Station Weadhouse sraTs mass. WORKING NUMBER 11.7.74.1959 TECH REVIEW PHOTOS MAPS CONTROL REVIEW HISTORIAN ARCHTASCTIRAI HTORZAN, What is derng nominated is fuat a smale pomon of the original now demohsted - a sname. One wary still standing - an integral part of station - but is not inchuded in nomination. CONF. Hrane "1474 ARCHEOLOGIST jthe remasning urne begitea doco , unll a REVIEW UNIT CHIEF ICT 11/12/74 CONF. RETHRN"/13/4 Aecept Tud "/1374 BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register entry Send-back /2.24,74 Re-submit Le 28,75 Entered FEB 1 3 1975 NAME OF PROPERTY (Boston) South Station Headhouse STATE Mass- The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for clarification of the information indicated below.
PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION IS RESUBMITTED. 7 Description:Please include a description of the entire building, including the Summer St. wing. 8 Statement of Significance: RECEW/ED DEC 30 1974 MASS. HIST. COMM. 9 10 Bibliography: Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s): Verbal Boundary Description: 12 Certification: Photographic Coverage: Map Coverage: Other: Per conversation with Elizabeth Amadon, nominate entire building rather than just the Headhouse. The name of the property nominated should be "South Station." See attached letter. Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to on the National Register staff, telephone 202/523-5484. Thank you for your attention to the above items. Vatheerver Chiet Cols Date: Branch of Registration actie Ward Jandl 12-6-74 IN.T :2 1 05 - 74 Unilted States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.
8 Form 10-300 (Rev. 6-72) PH0065005 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATA SHEET STATE: Massachusetts COUNTY: Suffolk NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) FEB 1:3.1075 NAME COMMON: South Station Headhouse (use for publication) AND/ OR HISTORIC: South Union Terminal 2.
LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER: Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY (Check One) District Site Building Structure CODE 025 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 9th COUNTY: Suffolk CODE 025 OWNERSHIP STATUS Object X Public Private Both Public Acquisition: - In Process Being Considered Occupied Unoccupied Preservation work in progres- ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC Yes: Restricted Unrestricted No PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Agricultural Government Commercial Industrial Educational Military Entertainment Museum Park Private Residence Religious Scientific X) Transportotion - Comments (Other (specify) RECEIVED JAN2 8 1975 OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Boston Redevelopment Authority STREET AND NUMBER: Boston City Hall CITY OR TOWN: Boston LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Suffolk County Registry of Deeds STREET AND NUMBER: Pemberton Square CITY OR TOWN: Boston NATIONAL REGISTER STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 Massachusetts STATE Massachusetts CODE 025 Suffolk, REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts DATE OF SURVEY: 1974 - Federal X State County Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Massachusetts Historical Commission STREET AND NUMBER: 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: STATE: Boston Massachusetts CODE 025 STATE COUNTY: ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY DESCRIPTION CONDITION Excellent X Good -Fair (Check One) - Deteriorated (Check One) - Altered X Unaltered Moved Ruins - Unexposed (Check One) X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The terminal is a 5 story, symmetrical brick structure.
The building has a dominant curved headhouse, faced with granite, which is flanked by tan brick wings along Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street; its elbow-shape plan shielded the immense train shed and track facilities from public view. In elevation, the station is divided visually in two layers, giving a pronounced horizontal emphasis: the 2 lower floors are faced with rough-hewn granite and are separated by a continuous stringcourse from the upper floors, which are unified by smooth masonry vertical members in the Giant Order.
(This bisection corresponds functionally to the public uses of the lower floors and to the company offices above; it also reflects the double decker track system with subway and suburban electric systems below the track level used for long distance runs.) A continuous entablature with a balustraded parapet is interrupted at the headhouse by an ornate clockpiece, topped by a monumental eagle, which continues the vertical orientation of the pedimented portico just below. The headhouse has five symmetrically disposed major bays. Its central bay is framed by full-height piers and has 3 grand round arch entrances. The middle arch and accompanying piers project and support the large portico of paired Ionic columns with a triangular pediment.
The lateral parts of this central bay and the next two secondary flanking bays continue the Giant Order colonnade behind which the window wall is recessed. In contrast to the columns, the pair of tertiary bays in the headhouse project slightly and are inset with a triple bank of rectangular windows. This latter pavillion motif is repeated at the termination of the wings which otherwise are long plain blocks. Their fenestration pattern on the lower level repeats the round arch theme set in the headhouse; on the upper tier, full height piers separate vertically- arranged rectangular window pairs. The terminal complex has undergone considerable change, although the headhouse externally remains intact. The metal train shed, a combination of cantilevered arms plus floating middle truss, along with the two story metal covered midway, had to be demolished within 30 years due to deterioration.
At the same time, interior alterations were made to the passenger waiting rooms and service areas. A single story extention to the Atlantic Avenue wing was demolished along with duplicate sections of the present wings, which now terminate in the lateral pavillions. The terminal ispart ofthe SouthStation Urban Renewal Project. Plans and prior commitments require the demolition of the pair of lateral wings leaving the entire headhouse as the primary gateway from the central business district to the new intermodal transportation center to be developed behind the headhouse. Although surface vehicular access ways will penetrate the site at the points of the present wings, the lateral vision lines will be re-established by the Atlantic Ave. bus terminal and a new office building located on Summer Street.
Form 10-300g (July 1969) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM AMENDED SECTION 7 - DESCRIPTION (Continuation Sheet) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER FEB 1 3 1975 DATE (Number all entriee) The terminal is a 5 story, symmetrical brick structure. The building has a dominant curved headhouse, faced with granite, which was flanked by tan brick wings along Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street; its elbow-shape plan shielded the immense train shed and track facilities from public view.
In elevation, the station is divided visually in two layers, giving a pronounced horizontal emphasis: the 2 lower floors are faced with rough- hewn granite and are separated by a continuous stringcourse from the upper floors, which are unified by smooth masonry vertical members in the Giant Order. (This bisection corresponds function- ally to the public uses of the lower floors and to the company offices above: it also reflects the double decker track system with subway and suburban electric systems below the track level used for long distance runs.) A continuous entablature with a balustraded parapet is interrupted at the headhouse by an ornate clockpiece, topped by a monumental eagle, which continues the vertical orientation of the pedimented portico just below. The headhouse has five symmetrically disposed major bays.
Its central bay is framed by full-height piers and has 3 grand round arch entrances. The middle arch and accompanying piers project and support the large portico of paired Ionic columns with a triangular pediment. The lateral parts of this central bay and the next two secondary flanking bays continue the Giant Order colonnade behind which the window wall is recessed. In contrast to the columns, the pair of tertiary bays in the head- house project slightly and are inset with a triple bank of rec- tangular windows. This latter pavillion motif was repeated at the termination of the wings which otherwise were long plain blocks. Their fenestration pattern on the lower level repeated the round arch theme set in the headhouse; on the upper tier, full height piers separate vertically-arranged rectangular win- dow pairs.
The terminal complex has undergone considerable change, al- though the headhouse portion externally remains intact. The metal train shed, a combination of cantilevered arms plus float- ing middle truss, along with the two story metal covered midway, had to be demolished within 30 years due to deterioration. At the same time, interior alterations were made to the passenger waiting rooms and service areas. A single story extention to the Atlantic Avenue wing was demolished along with the full At- lantic Avenue wing and half of the Summer Street wing (from the terminating pavillion through and including the mid-pavillion).
The terminal is part of the South Station Urban Renewal GPO 921.724 RECEIVED JAN2 8 19/0 NATIONAL REGISTER Fotm 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER PEB 1 3 1975 DATE (Number all entries) Project. Plans and prior commitments require the demolition of the remaining Summer Street wings leaving the entire headhouse as the primary gateway from the central business district to the new intermodal transportation center to be developed behind the head- house. Although surface vehicular access ways will penetrate the site at the points of the wings, the lateral vision lines will be re-established by the Atlantic Avenue bus terminal and a new off- ice building located on Summer Street.
JAN281975) NATIONAL REGISTER BTToT GPO 921.724 SEE INSTRU SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian!
16th Century 15th Century 17th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (It Applicable and Known) 1896-1899 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Education - Prehistoric Engineering Historic Industry Agriculture Invention Architecture Landscape Art Architecture Commerce Literature Communications Military Conservation Music 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Political Religion/Phi- losophy Science Sculpture Social/Human- itarian Theater Transportation Urban Planning Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The project for the South Union Station began in 1896 with the incorpora- tion of the Boston Terminal Company, which was composed of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, the New England Railroad Company: the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, the Old Colony Railroad Company and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, uniting the lines from the south of Boston.
The trend toward consoli- dation gained momentum with the skyrocketing costs of maintaining in- dividual lines. Following the North Station example, the new Boston Terminal Co. demolished the 1880 New England Station at Summer Street and Atlantic Avenue which had itself. replaced the Boston, Hartford and Erie depot then only nine years old. A year of planning proceded the construction of the new terminal and produced several important innovations in station planning and track Two major considerations resulted in a prototypical "double lecker" track system. First, the terminal site had size constraints due to the high land costs; second, public pressure demanded subway and electric service at the site for efficiency, economy, and minimal pol- luting effect.
The suburban subway and electric lines were underground on a loop track, while the long distance passenger runs had 28 tracks at street level. (This piggyback system reached its acme several years later at New York's Grand Central.) Construction of the terminal took two years beginning in 1897. Dedicated in late December of 1898, the station opened publicly in January, 1899, and was the largest (and quickly the busiest) passenger station in the country. By 1916, South Station was handling 16 million more passengers than Grand Central Station in New York. The train shed was distinguished technologically by its wide span, 570 feet in total. The engineer designer, J. Worcester, of the Terminal Company adapted the 1891-94 St.
Louis Union Station example of an in- verted arch/truss system with 5 segments, by combining a curved truss and cantilever arms to create a vast, open shed of only 3 segments. Unfortunately, the effect of pollutants within the shed seriously weakened the structure and forced its demolition in 1930. Numerous other new mechanical devices (track switches, furnaces, trial electric signal lights) as well as passenger amenities (restaurants, washrooms, travel services, etc.) were included in the station. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1. Alexander, E.P. Down at the Depot, New York: Clarkson Potter, 1970. 2. Boston Herald, September 5, 1897; October 18, 1964. 3. Francis, G.B. The South Terminal Station, Boston, Mass. reprinted from Proceedings, American Society of Engineers, December, 1899. 4. Meeks, C.L.V.
The Railroad Station, An Architectural History, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. 5. Whitehill, W.H. Boston: A Topographical History, 2nd ed., Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1968. 6. Windsor, J., ed. The Memorial History of Boston, Boston: J.R. Osgood, 1880. 10.
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFININGA RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 0 CORNER LATITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seçonds LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES Degrees LATITUDE Minutes Seconds LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds NW NE 42 21 07.294 SE 71 SW APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROP ERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERT TES OVERLAPPING STATEOR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY 03 20.393 CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: RECEIVED CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: STATE: CODE COUNTY: JAN281975 NATIONAL' REGISTER CODE CODE FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Elizabeth Amadon, Executive Director, by Boston Landmarks Commission Massachusetts Historical Commission STREET AND NUMBER: 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION October, 1974 STATE Massachusetts 02108 NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION CODE 025 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: Nationa1 State Local I hereby certify that this property is included in the Nationa1 Register. ARuer Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Name Eliabut R. Amadm Elizabeth R. Amadon Date 2/13/75 ATTEST: Title Date State Historic Preservation Officer (dilignee) Ockobu 31,1974 Date A Keeper of The National Regjster 2-12.25 GP 0 931.894 1330670 690690 SNOI1 Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM STATE MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY SUFFOLK FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) (Number all entries) 8. Significance (Cont'd) DATE FEB 13 1975 In addition to its role in the evolution of station planning, South Station is also significant for its architecture.
It was designed by Shepley, Rutan, and Codidge and built by Norcross Brothers, who were contractors for the majority of H. H. Richardson's works and were the owners ofmultiple quarries that supplied granite for the architects. South Station was Boston's first (and only remaining) monumental public example of the Neo-classical Revival style. Although the firm was Richardson's successor, the major impetus for the station design comes not from his work but from C. B. Atwood's Terminal Station at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Active in Chicago during and after the Exposition, the Boston firm produced a considerable Neo- classical and Beaux Arts classical repertoire.
South Station, a more restrained, sober and quiet design than their earlier classicizing works, established this trend in later railway terminals, including Pennsylvania Station, New York, and Union Station, Chicago - now both demolished. Boston had firmly rejected the mid-century picturesque station type: the only remnant was the clockpiece, no longer set high on a square tower, but just above the roofline. The clock, long a symbol of the railroad industry's reliance on punctuality and speed, was manufactured by the Edward Howard Clock Company of Roxbury and, later, Waltham. It is the largest and only remaining double, three-legged escapement mechanism in New England. 10 RECEIVED JAN2 8 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER -8 GPO 921.724 South Station Headhouse Property State Mass.
TECHNICAL Photos 3 + 2 return photos Maps Working Number 11.7.74.1959 2nd control sheet Sulfolk CONTROL CM OK 1/30/24 HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Our contention that the sole remaining wing is an . integral part of the building, both architecturally and historically, is still valid. As with most large buildings, individual components have little architectural on their own, thus the SEEO's observation that the wing has little architectural merit in itself -is true. At the same time, it is the com- bination of these elements or components that collectively give the building its giant and impressive scale. This, to me, if of greater aesthetic importancARCHEOLOGIST than the desire to give the building symmetry.
(In fact, the original station, with its wings intact, was never exactly symmetrical with one wing 9 bays long, the other 11.) The SHPO ischarged with nominating entire cultural resources, not fragments, büt in this case I don't think there's any more we can do. Our suggestions and thinking have been expressed by letter, which the State has chosen to ignore. A very reluctant ACCEPT. HWJandl 2/10/75 Aqee wfward - Accept 9. thorman OTHER 5/10/75 HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF 202-1075 KEEPER 2/8/75 FEB 1 8 1975 INT:2106-74 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 4-1-15 Send-back Re-submit Entered United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 fal PROPERTY OF THE NATEONAL REGISTER PROPERTY OF THE NATIOKAL REGISTER # 5of5 Retunto. MarsHistoucal Commission 40 Beacon Steet.
Soston, Massachusetl, 02/05 POPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER # 315 - photograph Retun to Mass. Kitrical Commiisios 40 Beacon Het Boston, Marsachnoeth, 02108 PROPERTY OF THE NATIOKAL GEGISTER # 485 - Decembe SOUTH STATION ClnCar -BAR LOUNGE FORM 10-301 A (6/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) 1. NAME COMMON AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS FEB 1 South Station Headhouse 2. LOCATION STATE Massachusetts STREET AND NUMBER Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street South Union Terminal COUNTY Suffolk TOWN Boston 3. PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Boston Redevelopment Authority 1971 NEGATIVE FILED AT MA 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
View of Headhouse from Dewey Square looking south-easterly with Summer Street wing at the left. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER #5085 G Form 10-301 (July 1968) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC South Union Terminal 1. NAME COMMON South Station Headhouse 2. LOCATION STATE Massachusetts STREET AND NUMBER COUNTY Suffolk Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street 3. MAP REFERENCE SOURCE DATE 1970 U.S.G.S.
, Boston South REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW NUMERIC CODE (Asaigned by NPS) PEB 13 } 1975 TOWN Boston SCALE 1:24,000 RECEIVED JAN2 8 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 932.010 Form 10-301 (July 1968) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC South Union Terminal 1. NAME COMMON South Station Headhouse 2. LOCATION STATE COUNTY Massachusetts STREET AND NUMBER Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street Suffolk 3. MAP REFERENCE SOURCE DATE sketch map - Boston June 1, 1965 Redevelopment Authority REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW. NUMERIC CODE (Aostgned by NPS) TOWN Boston SCALE IE+100' 150 6.
RECEIVED DEC 1 8 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 932:010 12986 UMMER 2644 22 24 26 28 30 32 - HIGH 1192 3521 (576 133n S TR E E 10094 16S 243 2371 PURCHASE ENTRANCE 4290 9380 41530 PARKING ATLANTIC STREET 539 4 PARKING AREA ENTRANCE EXP PARKING AREA 195 58 1986 1853 75, 13,670 WAVERLY PARKING extaut AREA 199> PLACE 2182 PARKING 8720 1996 vemolshed 2535 1428 1526 675 671-667 663 66/ 659-653 65| 649 647 DEWEY 1406 3940 B 210212214 216 199 201203 207 683 679 22RE 218 220 13,352 2156 T 3210 PARK'NG LENOX EAST 11,042 HOTEL 4462 AVENUE 1896 STREET 2223 2082 STREET 14,430 2125 1834 TIn SQUARE SuMMER 630 SOUTH STATIO, ANSPORTATION A LATFORMS SOUTH STATION HEADHOUSE Atlantic Avenue & Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts Scale: 1"=100' RECEIVED DEC 1 8 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER INITATTATE Form 10-301 (July 1968) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC South Union Terminal 1.
NAME COMMON South Station Headhouse 2. LOCATION STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk STREET AND NUMBER Atlantic Avenue and' Summer Street 3. MAP REFERENCE SOURCE NUMERIC CODE (Asaigned by NPS) FEB 1 3 1975 TOWN Boston DATE Boston Redevelopment October, 1974 REOJI##ERF BROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW. SCALE 1"=40' RECEIVED JAN2 8 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 932:010 TLANTIC AVE. 960° LOUNGE 1000 LOUNGE SUMMER S RYNDUEN 00OS GO ANV9 S0 IRECEIVED) JAN2 B 1975 F8 INATIONAL FREGISTER EITTo SOUTH STATION HEADHOUSE Atlantic Avenue & Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts Scale: 1"= 40' BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY City Hall / 1 City Hall Square / Boston, Massachusetts 02201 / Telephone (617) 722-4300 Boston Redevelopment Authority is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer YIFCOLAE1 BANT John F. X.
Darorn Secrelary of the Commonroealth October 31, 1974 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cfice of the Secretary Massachusells Histerical Commission 40 Beacon Itreet Boslon, Mlassachusetts 02108 727-8470 National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 18th and C. Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Attention: Charles Herrington, Chief of Register CERTIFIED MAIL Dear Charles: Enclosed is a National Register submission for the following property: Boston, South Station Headhouse, Suffolk County- South Station has been declared eligible for submission by the Massachusetts. Historical Conmission, the State Review Board, and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer designee, Elizabeth R. Amadon.
Please note that we need your immediate attention on this submission, as the Boston, Redevelopment Authority is applying for Federal funds under the Amtrak Bill of 1974, and South Station must be on the National Register to qualify. We would appreciate your processing this nomination promptly. Please let us know if any other information is needed. Sincerely, Betty Elizabeth R. Amadon Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Conmission ERA: cb Enc1. 117.74 BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY City Hall / 1 City Hall Square / Boston, Massachusetts 02201 / Telephone (617) 722-4300 November 22, 1974 Mr. Ward Jandl Architectural Historian National Register National Park Service Department of the Interior 18th & C Street NW Washington, D.C.
20240 RECEIVED DEC 1 8 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER CaTTA 2 Dear Ward: As I mentioned on the telephone this week, I am forwarding you two maps of the existing South Station structure. The first (Ist floor plan, South Station, Boston Division of N.Y., N.H. & H.H. R.R. CO., 1960) illustrates the floor lay- out in 1960 and as the building exists today, that is, the portion marked in red. The second map (Delivery Parcel Plan, Parcel C2-CIA, BRA, 1973) indicates the existing building (hatched lines) and the parcel which has been conveyed to the Stone & Webster Corporation under a contract entered in- to by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the B.R.A., and the developer. It would perhaps help to clarify the application in the following ways. The photograph was taken in 1971 prior to the demolition of the wing portions (area marked in blue on map #1).
Also, please keep in mind that the application map shows only the boundary of the proposed area and not the structure as it exists. Amendments to the Section 7 - Des- cription would clarify the building configuration. The rationale for inclusion of the Headhouse on the National Register is multiple. It meets the criteria for inclusion as a building of local significance as the application form has already indicated. Its inclusion will permit the station com- plex to be eligible for major funding through the Amtrak Bill of 1974 and only thereby will permit preservation of the Head- house. Bo 65 Boston Redevelopment Authority is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer ward Jandl 11/22/74 Page 2 The boundary for the Register application was reached in the following manner.
The South Station Urban Renewal Plan of 1965 called for demolition of the entire terminal; the issue of preservation was eliminated at an early stage due to costs. Demolition of the Atlantic Avenue wing and the lattermost half of the Summer Street wing proceeded as planned. Construction of the Stone and webster Building began and committment to demolish the rest of the Summer Street wing for a landscaped area next to the Stone and Webster Building was then made. This fall, in order to comply with the new Amtrak Act require- ments, the station design was modified to retain the Head- house without its wing, so the earlier contract with the developer could be met. At the same time, the aesthetic con- figuration of the new complex was considered.
The retention of the Headhouse would maintain the original station's monu- mental symmetry and would assume new emphasis as the major entry to the terminal. The remainder of the wing was seen as a secondary element (brick, not granite, in the upper floors, asymmetrical, and now ragged due to the lack of any termina- ting projection or pavillion that formerly existed). For these reasons, it was the opinion of the planning and design staffs of this agency plus its consultants to nominate only the Headhouse to the Register. I hope this amplifies and details the thinking behind this project. Sincerely, Judita B. IcDonough Judith McDonough Preservation Planner 8 RECEIVED DEC 1 8 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER Attachments CC: Philip Zeigler, Director of Planning Elizabeth Amadon, Massachusetts Historical Commission *Boston Redevelopment Authority Robert T.
Kenney / Director City Hall 1 City Hall Square Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Telephone (617) 722-4300 DEC 2 1974 Mr. William Murtagh Keeper of the National Register National Park Service 18th & C Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 RECEIVED DEC 5 1974 NATIONAL' REGISTER Dear Mr. Murtagh: It has come to my attention that the nomination of the South Station Headhouse in Boston to the National Register has not been accepted as proposed. Briefly my office has learned of your staff's evaluation that the entire remaining portion of the existing terminal composed of the Headhouse and a portion of one wing should be listed instead of the Headhouse alone. I am very concerned about the nature of the Register listing because of the rather unique situation which the Boston Redevelopment Authority finds itself in.
As you know, Boston's South Station is one of the prime sites being considered for funding through the recent Amtrak Act of 1974 which provides assistance in converting existing rail terminals to inter-modal transportation centers. Listing on the National Register is a requirement for eligibility under the program. Thus, I am most anxious in theory to nominate South Station to the Register because of the exciting possibilities of achieving a long standing development goal of the city at the same time that we preserve a structure of local architectural significance. However, I am frankly concerned about including in the Register a building which we have a binding legal commitment to demolish in part. The South Station Urban Renewal Plan of 1965 called for demolition of the entire structure, and portions of the station have already been demolished.
The remaining wing portion of the terminal on Summer Street sits on land which has already been conveyed to the Stone & Webster Company pursuant to a Land Disposition Agreement executed by Stone & Webster and the Boston Redevelopment Authority and confirmed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. By agreement, the BRA continues to own and will use the wing for rail facilities through 1975. After that time the BRA is legally committed to demolishing the wing and will suffer a substantial pecuniary penalty if the wing is not demolished. Failure to demolish the wing would also deprive the Stone & Webster Company of full use of its property in violation of the Land Disposition Agreement. Thus, I am sure you can understand our extreme reluctance to include in the Register nomination more of the remaining structure than we can in fact retain.
Even though the Renewal Plan pre-exists the submission the property to the Register, and HUD policy would indicate that a Section 106 Review would not be required, the spectre of such a Review generated at some other point in the development process is very disturbing. 11.7. The submission of just the Headhouse is justified on aesthetic considerations. Because of the previous loss of the balancing Atlantic Avenue wing, the impression of monumental symmetry inherent in the original terminal is probably best achieved by the retention of the Headhouse alone. I am attaching recent photographs and a map to indicate futher the relationship of the wing to the original building, the Headhouse and the new Stone & Webster development.
I urge that your office reconsider its evaluation due to the circumstances and would appreciate an opportunity to discuss this matter further with you at your earliest convenience. Sincerely, bet Robert T. Kenney Director Attachments ENT INTERIO, United States Department of the Interior : NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 IN REPLY REFER TO: H34-PR DEC 2 1 1974 Mrs. Elizabeth R. Amadon Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission 40 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Dear Betty: After careful consideration and pursuant to our conversation December 20, 1974, we are returning the nomination for the South Station "Headhouse" in Boston as we feel that the entire building rather than just the central portion should be considered for nomination to the National Register.
By accepting the nomination for just the "Headhouse," the National Register would, in fact, be acknowledging that only part of the station is eligible for listing in the National Register and is worthy of preservation. The sole remaining wing, while itself truncated, nevertheless is an integral part of the building both architecturally and historically. Since South Station is being considered for funding through the recent Amtrak Act of 1974, the Boston Redevelopment Authority should recognize that it is the responsibility of all Federal agencies and specifically in this case, the Department of Trans- portation to refer any questionable actions to the Secretary of the Interior for an opinion concerning the property's eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
If South Station were listed on the National Register, according to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, no Federal undertaking or expenditure of funds could be made until the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation had been allowed a reasonable opportunity to comment upon the effect of such an undertaking or expenditure. The demolition of the Summer Street wing, whether specifically listed on the Register or not, would constitute an effect upon the South Station "Headhouse" and would have to be reviewed by the Advisory Council in any case. RECEIVED DEC 3 0 1974 MASS. HIST. COMMM. CONSERVE AMERICA'S ENERGY Save Energy and You Serve America! 2 The Federal Representative of the Department of Transportation, Mr.
Robert Crecco, has already expressed to the National Register his concern for the status of the entire resource and is fully cognizant of his agency's responsibilities under the 1966 act and Executive Order 11593, which gives responsibilites to all Federal agencies regarding historic structures on or potentially eligible for the National Register. We recommend that the nomination be reviewed once more in the light of our comments and look forward to the opportunity to give this worthy structure further consideration. If you have any question concerning this nomination, do not hesitate to let us know. Sincerely yours, William J.
Murtagh - Till trnh S Keeper of the National Register Enclosures DO NOT FILM The Commonvealth of Massachusetts Office of the Pecretary Massachusetts Historical Commission 40 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 PAUL GUZZI Secreiary of the Commonroeath January 17, 1975 RECEIVED JAN2 8 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER Dr. William Murtagh Keeper of the National Register Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Dr. Murtagh: Enclosed is the National Register nomination form for the South Station "Headhouse, which you returned to this office on December 24, 1974, suggesting submission of the entire remaining building.
lfter reconsideration oi the nomination, the State Review Boaro the Massachusetts Historical Commission) voted to resubmit the Headhouse nomination form for inclusion in the National Register as the form was originally submitted to you (i.e., without inclusion of the remaining wing). The reasons for nominating only the Headhouse are as follows: - The symmetry of the building's original 19th century design will be recaptured when the remaining wing is demolished. The wing has little architectural merit in itself; because the wing on the other side has already been torn down, the remaining wing actually detracts from the aesthetic impact of the Headhouse. - The remaining wing is situated on land which has already been conveyed to the Stone and Webster Co.
pursuant to a Land Disposition Agreement executed by Stone and Webster and the BRA, and must be torn down by 1976 in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Present plans call for a landscaped garden to be planted in the area now occupied by the wing; the contiguous open area will be an asset to the Headhouse. - The Headhouse acts as an important anchor for Dewey Square and the surrounding area. The imposing facade and triple arched entrance are a visual focal point and outstanding landmark in Boston. If the wing is not demolished according to schedule, the BRA will incure financial responsibilities which may make it untenable to retain all or any part of the structure, thus placing the Headhouse in jeopardy- January 17, 1975 Dr. Murtagh page 2 Enclosed are two photographs which will demonstrate the actual demolition lines to be followed.
(See purple arrows.) Please return these photos to the Massachusetts Historical Commission. We are fully aware that if any Federal action resulting from expenditure of Federal funds (i.e. under the Amtrak Act) has an effect on the structure, Section 106 review will be necessary, regardless of whether the entire structure or just the Headhouse is accepted for listing in the National Register. This action would include demolition of the wing. We would thus have an opportunity to comment on new contiguous construction. Your concern over listing a portion of a building is very under- standable but we hope you understand our position. We want to save the Headhouse, the most important architectural element of South Station, and are vitally interested in seeing it used as a trans- portation facility.
We strongly urge the acceptance of the Headhouse in the National Register without the Summer Street wing- The Head- nouse, being tully utilized as a multi-use transportation lacility, and set off by a landscaped garden, is more important to preservation than an entirely new building or an empty lot. If you have any questions on the nomination of the South Station Headhouse please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely yours, Llizabect R. Amadm Elizabeth R. Amadon Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission ERA: cb Encl. ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE Date Entered MASSAGHUSETTS FEB 1 3 1975 Name Location Gov. Ifutehiason'a Ha-lle M11ton Nezfolk County South Station Headhouse Boston Suffolk County Also Notified ion. M. Kennedy 03. W. Brooke Hon, James A. Burke Bon. Jehn J.
Moakley Regional Director, North-Atlantie Region PR MMott/bsh 2/14/75 State Hfstorie Preservation Officer Mes. Eltzabeth R. Anadon Executive Direetor Massscbusetts Iistorical Counission 40 Beacon Street Besten, Massachusstts 02108 Teo PrnEem 50-i66 goss 1971) CALL TO: U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TELEPHONE REPORT FROM (Neme) DAPE TIME OF CALL 6/12/78 AM PM ADDRESS (Tel. No. Il needed) JECT. PROJECT NO., ETC.
Htation Headhouse (Bostom) LS OF DISCUSSION Vanice Artemel cacled ts fundaut w hether the nomanation inclüded The Summer Street wing atl tgtimah eg voas tict hin th "back + told her according" - our ricoros+ The State's drecoids, onl a main station, bldg (ttie Headhouse) includis Jance said she wauld ask a Fed agency.to regiest determination an the lueng OF *AME OF PERSON Frost NG/RECEIVING CALL PO 897-848 REAL ESTATE Help Wanted, A-61 Auctions, 4-76 Boston Sunday Globe December 15, 1974 A-47 The eurved South Station entrance at Dewey square, originally slated for vival, according to architeetural historians. The seulptured eagle (inset) is demolition seems now destined to be preserved as an architectural land- eight feet high, eight feet wide and weighs eight tons. The face of the dial mark.
Designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge at the turn of the century, of the clock is 12 feet in diameter. It was manufactured by the Edward it is the only remaining monumental publie example of the neoclassical re- Howard Clock Co. (Globe photo by Jack Connolly) South Station eagle may retain his perch for ticket, baggage and waiting The eight-foot-high eagle per- ched on top of the South Station entrance at Dewey Square seems destined to retain hjs perch despite the imminent rebuilding of the South Station into a major trans- portation-commercial center, The city, the owners of South Station and the Boston Redevelop- ment Authority are moving place the perch - which is the en- LOTS AND BLOCKS/ANTHONY J. YUDIS Tooms. Direct aceess would be pro- vided from the turnpike and South- chance of getting the funds, since 1916 the terminal was handling 16 east Expressway.
its plans meet all the guidelines set million more passengers than - A parking garage for 3500 forth for eligibility. Grand Central Station in New spaces with provisions for expan- York. sion later. One of the qualifications for funding is that an existing railroad It was terminal must be listed en the Na- designed by Shepley, - A second-level concourse to Rutan and Coolidge, the successors provide pedestrian flow between tional Register of Historie Places. to architect R. H. Richardson.
It elements Another requirement is that the ar- various transpertation was built by Norcross Brothers, of and to connect to street levels from wrance wrougn warca passengers passed for three-quar- ters of a century on the National Register of Historic Places main- tained by the Secretary of Interior, It has been assumed for the last tén years that the whole South Sta- tion area would be revamped, but an amendment this year to the Federal Department of Transporta- tion Act has moved the BRA to savethe portion facing Dewey Square, which is referred to as the South Station "headhouse. This is the curvedpart of the terminal building, some five stories high, faced with granite stretching along a small and piece of Atlantic avenue and Summer street. It has three grand arched entrances. On top of the entrance ways are a series of paired Ionic columns.
What finally prompted the re- newal agency to file for historic designation status is the promise of some millions of Federal dollars needed to make the transportation complex of the future work. The DOT amendment allows the Secretary of Transportation to pro- vide financial, technical and advi- sory help for feasibility demonstra- tion projects whose aims would be to convert existing railroad passen- ger terminals into muiti-transpor- tation centers. The BRA will file an application for some mulon unaer this program and BRA Director Robert T. Kenney feels the city has a good Worcester, wno worked on a major passenger terminal has to be pre- ity served and that so verified by con- of Richardson's designs and who were owners of many quarries S02ROS recommended sutitma of the eational endohe from which granite was supplied to architects.
ment of the Arts and the National Advisory Council on Historic Pres- Aceording to historians, South ervation. Station was the city's first - and oniy remaining monumental The headhouse already has been public example of the Neoclassical approved for historic status by the Revival style. Mass. Historical Commission. Although the firm was Richard- The South Station renewal plan son's successor, noted the histori- also had to be changed by the BRA ans, "the major impetus for the sta- renewal board since the initial plan tion design comes not from mentioned total clearance only, no his work, but from C. B. Atwood's Ter- rehabilitation of South Station. minal Station at the 1893 World's In an application the us Columbian Exposition in Chicago" Dept.
of Interior's National Park Service, prepared by Elizabeth Am- And, if all goes well, behind the adon, ton survey director for the Bos- preserved headhouse will be a 24- Landmarks Commission, it's acre area transformed into: noted that while over the years the Improved rail service with terminal complex has undergonte considerable change, the headhouse eight new tracks and wider and longer platforms to serve commut- externally remains as it was. er, intercity and high-speed rail re- A pair of lateral wings had been quirements. demolished for other commitments, including the new Stone & Webster - A new terminal area of 85,000- square feet consolidating ticketing, building project, "leaving the en- baggage and waiting room facili- tire headhouse as the primary gate- ties.
way from the central business dis- trict to the new intermodal trans- - A street-level bus terminal portation center to be behind the headhouse, developed with 50 bays for commuter buses to "notes the be integrated with other activities application. in the terminal. The South Station project was - An intercity bus terminal begun in 1896 and was dedicated in where major intereity bus lines 1898, opening to the public in Janu- will be located in a ioint terminal ary, 1899, as the largest and busiest with adequate off-street doeking passenger station in the country, for loading and unloading passen- according to the application. By. gers and 25,000 square feet of space traffie flows. - A moving sidewalk system of 1500 feet long to convey people the length of the concourse and across the adjacent street system to the central business district area.
- Direct access ramps from the garage and bus terminals to the Southeast Turnpike. Expressway and Mass. - Modernization of the existing South Station subway system and linking of it to the new terminal with an underground passenger connector. Future potential develop- ments that would include an office, hotel or sports arena, either adja- cent to the terminal or as air rights developments. Miha master plan was laid out The Architects Cambridge? Collaborative of MNR Data Sheet NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: -South Station Headhouse OTHER NANES: South Union Terminal - rec. LOCATION: STREET & NUMBER Atlantic Aven and.
Summer Street CITY.TOWN NBoston OF STATE Massachusetts CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT 9th COUNTY Suffolk code 025 - OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) PRIVATE STATE LOCAL GOV'T MUNICIPAL COUNTY OTHER FEDERAL(AGENCY NAME) : ADMINISTRATOR(underline) NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) N.ATLANTIC MID ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST MIDWEST SOUTHWEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEATURES: INTERIOR - Substantially intact-1 - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - _EXCELLENT L<G000 -FAIR EXTERIOR ENVIRONS Substantially intact-2 - Substantially intact-3 unknown.-5 - unknown -6 - not applicable - 8 _Not applicable-9 exterior, cnvirons ngt intact-O _DETERIORATED MANALTERED _RUINS VALTERED _UNEXPOSED -Reconstructed _ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED _Unkncwn _Unexcavated _Excavated ACCESS - Hoser Beted historic district? Yes-unrestricted No access Unknown YES WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?
IF YES, NAME: YES NO WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? IF YES, NAME: YES NO ADAPTIVE USE: YES Saved? YES NO -FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) then- tamportatioe now- SAWE DATE: Reviewer NR 3/21/77 INTTALSI SAY. DOE Feb.
13, 1975 SIGNIFICANCE: -ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC AREOLOY-HISTORIC AGRIGULTURE LARCHITECTURE - 4 ART _COMMERCE -COMMUNICATIONS Claims "first" YES _CONSERVATION -ECONOMICS SOUCATIO LENGINEERING- _EXPLORATION _JNDUSTRY _INVENTION -.LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -RELIGION _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE _LITERATURE -MILITARY _MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY -_POLITICS/GOVERNMENT NO "oldest"' YES NO -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN LRANSPORTATION- 25 _OTHER (SPECIFY) -entertainment _health - recreation -settlement _socio/cultural _urban & commun Planning "only" YES NO ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: architect/m.builder: Shepley, Rutan* Coolidge landscape/garden designer: interior decorator: ETHNIC GROUP: NAMES: (1abel role & appropriate date) personal engineer: J. Worcester artist/artisan: builder/eomtractor noscross Brosue? events DATES: institutional Edward Howard Cloch Co.
- Roxbury, mass, DATE: OF CONSTRUCTION (specifio date ox 2/1 of century). 89741899 DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : SOURCE: (OF NOMINATION) PRIVATE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY: ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) STATE LOCAL GOV"T MUNICIPAL COUNTY COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) Bidt, gaülke faem, staie, waiki k em ar uta rountt-arddentrauces, 3-story Ionie logpia vithmountedt Leg balutradud parapér aud elaborate clock fixtun, side wirigs wilh å-story round-archedopenings g's.thstay paired - flat-arched windorus ; emsideamerous alteranch to wings t Linterino aud to extaien tene awmngo. Beaux- SIGNIFICA NC Eieasiun tro sentencoa) Aits aui nes: gacical Revivalo fria station dishnquiekedby prstotrpicas deuble-decker track syskui aud, thain shed truss syskm (hot extant).
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