Nomination for Suffolk County Jail

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM RECEIVED FEB 12 198G ... APR 23 1980 DATE ENTERED 2 3 4 5 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS NAME HISTORIC SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL (use for publication) AND/OR COMMON Charles Street Jail LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 215 Charles Street CITY, TOWN Boston STATE - VICINITY OF CODE 025 Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY DISTRICT XBUILDING(S) _STRUCTURE .SITE -OBJECT OWNERSHIP XPUBLIC -PRIVATE _BOTH PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS _BEING CONSIDERED STATUS X OCCUPIED -UNOCCUPIED -WORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE X.YES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED _NO OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Suffolk County Commissioners STREET & NUMBER Suffolk County Courthouse CITY.

TOWN Boston, Mass. - VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. Suffolk County Registry of Deeds STREET & NUMBER Pemberton Square CITY. TOWN Boston REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 9th COUNTY Suffolk CODE 025 PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM -COMMERCIAL _PARK -EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE -ENTERTAINMENT - RELIGIOUS X GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC _INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION _MILITARY _OTHER: STATE Massachusetts STATE Massachusetts TITLE Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts DATE October 1977 - FEDERAL - STATE COUNTY _LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Massachusetts Historical Commission CITY. TOWN Boston STATE Mass.

7 DESCRIPTION CONDITION -EXCELLENT XGOOD _FAIR _DETERIORATED LRUINS CHECK ONE _UNALTERED XALTERED CHECK ONE XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Adjacent to the Charles River Basin and Storrow Drive, the Suffolk County Jail is located across Cambridge Street from the Beacon Hill Historic District (NR 1966) on its south, and adjacent to the various buildings of the Massachusetts General Hospital (NR 1970) on its north and west; just beyond the hospital is the recently redeveloped high-rise residential district formerly known as the West End. The jallis situated on a roughly rectangular yard of 2.88 acres enclosed by a brick wall. Designed in 1848 and completed by 1851, the jail itself is a granite-faced masonry struc- ture with a cruciform plan. From the central hipped-roof octagonal core radiate four four-story wings with hipped roofs. The central core houses the jail's support facilities, including guard and inspection rooms, connecting galleries and staircases. It is open above the second floor.

Three of the wings enclose freestanding interior cell blocks; the west wing, originally housing the sheriff's residence and office, hospital and chapel, now serves administrative functions and is the major public entrance from Charles Street. Treatment of all four elevations is similar. In general, masonry bearing walls faced with rusticated granite ashlar are separated by vertical window bays, with the exception of the west entry facade. The windows are arranged in vertical banks set in round-headed binding arches outlined by granite voussoirs. By projecting slightly from the plane of the wall but maintaining the rough-hewn texture of the main wall, the voussoirs give a subtle emphasis to the window banks. Further contrast in the overall decorative treatment is achieved by dressed granite used in corner quoins and by keystones connecting the arches to the plain cornice.

In all, decoration is architectonic and inspired by Renaissance motifs. Originally, three of the wings were similar in size: the north and south wings both two bays long by two bays wide, the west wing three bays long by three bays wide. The long east wing of cell blocks was dissimilar, being six bays long by two bays wide. In 1901 the north wing was enlarged from two to six bays long. Architect Gridley J.F. Bryant's design was repeated exactly: presently the only visual evidence of the expansion is the slight modulation of tone in the granite blocks, especially the voussoirs. In 1920 the west wing was doubled by adding three bays, again duplicating the original design. During this rehabilitation, the pair of entrances originally in the central bay of each side of the west wing were eliminated, and the new main access was provided at Charles Street on the west facade of this wing.

The west wing facade, three bays wide, has a two-story arched entrance (dating from 1920) filled with wooden iron-studded panelled doors, with a lunette above covered by iron grating. The arch is outlined by smooth-faced voussoirs which terminate in a console with the seal of Suffolk County. On this wing---originally sheriff's quarters and adminis- trative offices---the floors are marked by granite spandrels instead of unbroken banks of window sash as on the other wings. The north wing retains several original window frames with wooden tracery in the round- headed arch. Modern replacement windows have eliminated this detail in the other wings. Changes to the roof from the original are replacement of slate with asphalt, introduction of skylights and ventilating elements on the west wing, and the 1949 removal of the original cupola and clock tower.

The general shape of the roof with its multiple paneled chimneys remains intact. FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRS USE ONLY RECEIVED FEB 1 2 1980 DATE ENTERED APR 23 1980 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 1 Two other additions were made to the jail, neither visible from the public way. By 1895, a brick kitchen was inserted in the corner between the north and east wings. By 1938, a laundry building extended the kitchen along the length of the east face of the north wing. Ancillary structures occupy portions of the perimeter yard. These include a boiler plant (1928), sheriff's house (by 1928), solitary confinement quarters (1931), and a shipping office; none are of architectural significance.

Between 1938 and 1942, an old brick and iron fence was replaced with a 16 to 20-foot high brick wall surrounding the property. Exercise areas, lawns and recreational equipment are located in the south and east sections of the yard.

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD -PREHISTORIC - 1400-1499 - 1500-1599 _1600-1699 1700-1799 X1800-1899 -1900- ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE X ARCHITECTURE ART _COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _CONSERVATION -LAW LECONOMICS _LITERATURE LEDUCATION _MILITARY -ENGINEERING -MUSIC -EXPLOHATION9ETTREMENT _PHILOSOPHY. -MNDUSTRY -POLITICS/GOVERNMENT LINVENTION -RELIGION SCIENCE _SCULPTURE X_SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -THEATER _TRANSPORTATION X_OTHER (SPECIFY) Penology SPECIFIC DATES 1851 BUILDER

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT Gridley J.F. Bryant STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Suffolk County Jail possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, work- institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of the foremost exponents of the style, Gridley J.F. Bryant. In addition, the jail is the definitive example of an enlightened 19th century attitude toward the treatment of prisoners. The plan to build the jail was prompted in the 1840's by numerous complaints about the 1822 Leverett Street jail. The first proposal for a replacement came from Mayor Martin Brimmer at his inaugural in 1843. Brimmer, a social activist, stepped into the ongoing controversy over prison accommodations on the side of the so-called Auburn Plan.

This prison system, developed in 1820in New York State, was based on the premise that prisoners should not be kept in continuous solitary confinement. Individual cells should be for sleeping only; a prison, went the argument, should provide room for communal work and exercise. The established practice of the time, known as the Pennsylvania System as established at the Eastern Penitentiary in Cherry Hill, Pa., (John Haviland, 1821-25) and followed at Leverett Street, was that prisons house inmates in individual cells opening into individual exercise yards. Little useful work could be induced from prisoners under this system, and the Quaker ideal of solitude inducing contrition (the basis for the system) did not work out in fact. The results werepoor physical and emotional health for the inmates, and a high price for the taxpayers.

The city did not follow Mayor Brimmer's proposal, and the plan was left to his successor, Josiah Quincy, Jr. Like his famous father, the second mayor of Boston, Quincy was a reformer who maintained the tradition of advocating social justice. During his term (1846-49), Quincy faced some major challenges: Boston's population doubled in the period from 1825 to 1850, and with the great immigration from the famine in Ireland now under way, Quincy's city faced a squeeze for space and burgeoning social upheaval. Quincy saw to public safety improvements, but the proposed new jail caused a split between the two branches of the municipal government. The aldermen, eight members elected at-large, endorsed Quincy's replacement proposal, but the Common Council, 48 members elected by wards, came down in opposition.

In 1848, the city solicitor resolved the dispute by ruling that as Suffolk County Commissioners the mayor and aldermen were to make the decision, and that the Common Council had no say in the matter. Quincy and the aldermen acted quickly, abandoning a proposal for a joint jail and house of correction. The site, on landfill next to the new Massachusetts General Hospital, was selected in part as a way to provide reasonable breezes and climate. By the end of Quincy's term, the contracts to construct the jail were approved.

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES SEE CONTINUATION SHEET, p. 5 UTM NOT VERIFIED 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one QUADRANGLE NAME _ Boston South UTM REFERENCES AL1,91 [3|2,915,2,0 14,619,118.2,01 ZONE EASTING NORTHING LLul ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED QUADRANGLE SCALE 1 to 24,000 ZONE EASTING NORTHING FLU LLJLLI HLUL VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Please refer to the attached Boston Landmarks Commission map.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE Candace Jenkins, National Register Coordinator - Boston Landmarks Commission December 1979 ORGANIZATION Massachusetts Historical Commission (69A 727-8470 STREET & NUMBER 294 Washington Street TELEPHONE CITY OR TOWN Massachusetts 02108 Boston 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL STATE_ LOCAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Seryice.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE LWeslwski TITLE Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical CommissionDATE 1/22/80 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER A KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MLVA CHIEF RECISTRATION DATE 4/23/80 DATE 4/19/80 GPO 921-803 FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRS USE ONLY RECEIVED FEB 12 1980 DATE ENTERED APR 2 3 1980 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 However, no sooner did Quincy's successor, John Prescott Bigelow, assume office than he proposed that the new jail plan be scrapped and the old Leverett Street facility be renovated to suit the new needs. The aldermen, recognizing the mayor's concern over costs, amended and reduced the costs of the plans.

Finally in 1851, eight years after the first proposal, the "New Jail" at Charles Street was ready for occupancy at a cost of $450,000, including land and building. The commission to design the jail went to Gridley J.F. Bryant (1816-1899), whose career in architecture spanned most of the second half of the 19th century. Trained in the office of Alexander Parris, architect of the Quincy Market building, Bryant had one of the most successful practices in Boston of this time. designing state capitols, city halls, hospitals, jails, courthouses, and other public institutions. In Boston he designed warehouses, wharf buildings and storeblocks; in fact, to many in the mid-19th century, Boston was a Bryant-built city.

Although the Great Fire of 1872 destroyed 152 of Bryant's buildings, some of his proudest works remain, including Old City Hall (NHL-1970) (with Arthur Gilman), Mercantile Wharf Building (NR-Fulton/ Commercial District-1973), and the State Street Block (NR-Custom House District-1973). Bryant was largely responsible for the success of the Boston Granite style. Son of the engineer-owner of the Granite Railway and Quincy Quarries, he learned quickly the con- struction possibilities of the stone. Advances in technology made large blocks more available to Bryant than to his predecessors. In his relatively simple designs, granite lent an air of strength and dignity appropriate for the era and for Bostonians' sensi- bilities. Modern-day critics such as Giedion, Huxtable, and Hitchcock have recognized Bryant as a major contributor to 19th century commercial architecture.

Bryant's design for the Suffolk County Jail is a high point of the mature phase of the Tocal style of the period, now acclaimed as the Boston granite school. Architects of wharves, warehouses and civic structures also used this material, available cheaply from nearby quarries. The large granite blocks typical of the style are intended to convey a sense of boldness, endurance and impermeability, attributes important in creating the public image of a penal institution. As a result of its outstanding architectural design and layout, the jail was the first American building (other than a monument) to be pub- lished in the English architectural magazine, The Builder, in 1849. The jail is dominant in the streetscape, typical of the granite school and of Bryant. Collaborating with Bryant on the functional design of the jail was the Rev.

Louis Dwight, founder and secretary of the Prison Discipline Society of Boston. Dwight was "one of the nation's first professional penologists, and the principal advocate of the Auburn System. Dwight's extensive travels along the eastern seaboard and abroad had exposed him to the whole spectrum of correctional architecture as it then existed." (Mackay, p.4) While some prisons at the time were using the individual pen-like system used at the Leverett Street Jail, others still housed prisoners in open wards. FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRS USE ONLY RECEIVED FEB + 2 1980 DATE ENTERED AFR.

23 VOL CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 3 The Prison Discipline Society was founded primarily to advocate provision of separate cells for prisoners at night, and to emphasize the virtues of the Auburn Plan for new prisons. "The difference in the amount of sin in the world, in this country alone, consequent upon this change from the crowded night rooms of prisons without supervision, and in prisons where the prisoners are confined in separate cells, in silence, under th beyond afs auman caineda thon p. 823) A second purpose of the Society was to provide religious education and evangel1sm: "To supply the Bible, and preached Gospel, and means of grace to the Prisoners." The Suffolk County Jail was held as an example for other jurisdictions contemplating new institutions.

The Society called on New York, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans to "come forward and demolish these Old Jails, these 'commitee rooms of mischief,' and substitute for them something like the Boston New Jail ... (Prison Discipline Society, op. cit., p. 821) The collaboration of Bryant and Dwight produced a design for the jail which uses radiating wings for cell blocks, a plan for institutional structures dating as early as 1628. The cruciform shape used in the Suffolk County Jail first appeared in England in 1790 at the Suffolk County Jail in Ipswich. William Blackburn, a London architect who died in 1790, designed the Suffolk Jail in England as one of many arrangements of cell buildings around a central governor's house.

Among these were "fan-shaped arrays, Greek crosses, a central hall flanked by two wings, a multi-angled building in a half-circle around the governor's house, etc." (Johnston, p. 23) The radial design proved most popular in Britain, but examples also exist from the early 19th century in Moscow, Geneva and Palermo. In Paris, the Petite Roquette Prison developed as a hexagonal shape with spokes radiating to a central administration building. Prisons designed under the Pennsylvania System often olcked up the radial plan: Haviland's authentic examples at Cherry Hill, Pa., and Trenton, N.J., used this radial system. The humanitarian approach to the jail design was reflected by features not directly related to its architectural style.

"The site is airy, being exposed and open to the bay, Charles River, and Cambridge on the west; it is level on the surface, and easily drained, extending to tide water ... it is not far removed from the Court House; and it is of easy and pleasant access for the intelligent and humane." (Prison Discipline Society, 1849, p. 321) Besides communal exercise yards and other Auburn Plan features, the jail added natural light through wall and cell windows, plus the added benefit of radiant heat from the sun, along with a complete ventilating system. Other innovations included security against fire, the size of rooms and cells (large for its time), ease of maintenance, and a convenient circulation pattern. The cruciform design allowed the separation of debtors and witnesses from pre-trial detainees, and of women from men, by designation of each wing for one class of residents.

Most contemporary Boston guidebooks took note of the jail's impact. "The plan has been so highly approved that it has been adopted in the enlargement of the State Prison at. "Charlestown, in the new Almshouse in Cambridge, the new prison at Dedham, and in the new FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y - NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRS USE ONLY RECEIVED FEB 12 1980 APR 2 3 1980 DATE ENTERED 4 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE ja1l in Concord, New Hampshire. Proposals are also made for buildings, on a similar plan -.. at Northampton, Providence, New York, New Jersey, and Baltimore." (Boston Almanac, 1851) In 1884, H.H. Richardson used the jail as a model for the jail portion of his Allegheny County Complex in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Current plans call for rehabilitation of the property for continued use as a pre-trial detention center. In 1973, a U.S. District Court ruled in the case Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail, et. al., V. Thomas S. Eisenstadt et. al., Civil Action 71-162-G that the conditions of the jail violated the constitutional rights of those incarcerated there. Several plans for a new facility to house both the jail and the house of correction (now at Deer Island) failed to receive the required approval of the Boston City Council. A recent agreement between the court and the city has provided for the rehabilitation of the structure for continuing jail use. Some new construction is planned for the parcel.

FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRSUSEONLY RECEIVED FEB 1 2 1980 DATEENTERED APR 23 1980 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 9 PAGE 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY Bailey, Henry Turner: "An Architect of the Old School," New England Magazine, N.S., Vol. 25, Nov. 1901, pp. 326-349. Bryan, John M.: Boston's Granite Architecture c. 1810-1860. Boston University doctoral dissertation, 1972. City Document, Vol. II, No. 61, Nov. 1851, p 43. City of Boston Building Department: Records and Atlases. Damrell, Charles S.: A Half Century of Boston's Building. Boston: Louis P. Hager, 1895. Johnston, Norman: The Human Cage: A Brief History of Prison Architecture. New York: Walker and Company, 1973. Kilham, Walter H.: Boston After Bulfinch, An Account of Its Architecture 1800-1900.

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1946. Mackay, Robert B.: "Charles Street Jail," Drumlin, Vol. 1, No. 6 (Nov. 1976), p. 4. Prison Discipline Society: Iwenty-fourth Report. Montclair, N.J.: Patterson-Smith, 1849. -: Iwenty-eighth Report. Montclair, N.J.: Patterson-Smith, 1853. Whitehill, Walter Muir: Boston: A Topographical History. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968. Winsor, Justin (Ed.): The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881 Withey, Henry F. and Elsie R.: Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased). Los Angeles, Calif.: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1970. MASSACHUSE TTS CAMBRIDS BOS TON RIVER CHARLESBANK PLAYGROUND PARKING CHARL ES PARKING CHARLES PARKING LONGFELLOW BRIDGE TRANSI1 AUTORI ST.

Suffolk County Jail ALLEN MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL 325 SUFFOLK COUNTY 215 Charles St. Scale: 1"=200' UTM1 References: 19/329520/4691 APR 2 3 1980 Property Luffelk countg fail rel no 80000670 Working Number Ma 2-12-80 456 TECHNICAL sewpezs CONTROL Photos Maps Built in 1851 this granite-faced masony brilding is eliqible for auchitectunl as the HISTORIAN pume example of the Baston Granite Styled mid-igtheent. (brult by Gridley J.F. Duant) and is also eligibte fer sorial/human, and penobay farth far-reaching effect that this blaq. had in changing the perception of the natue &f pisons and biinging more enlightened tratment to prisoners. TatuckAnduus Breaking awan famtke Plan that kept pesners in individual cells with individ. exercise yauds, 4/18/80 this jail (builtin radiating wings) provided a central evercuse yard, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN , anadvanced ventilating system ek.

many commenites followed its example. ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory - Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.38 Send-back Re-submit Entered APR 23 1080 United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service NORTH 3 CAMBRIDGE VMEMORIAL DK DINSMORE A .luo =24ANT, 1851 Suffolk County Jail Charles street Suffokk co. Boston, Mass. Leslie Larson 1977 6 Joy Street, Boston Photo #1 g/ North elevation facing south APR 2 3 1980 FEB 12 1980 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State January 28, 1980 Ms. Carol Schull, Acting Keeper National Register of Historic Places Heritage, Conservation & Recreation Service 440 G Street NW Washington, D.C.

20243 Dear Ms. Schull; Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Attleboro- First Parsonage of the Medford- John McGill House (local) Second Church (local) Middleborough- C. P. Washburn Grain- * Bedford- David Lane House (local) mill (local) * Boston- Charles Street Jail (national) Middlefield- Stone Arch Railroad Bridge Dartmouth- Hill School (local) District (state) * East Longmeadow- Swetland -Pease Natick- Rev. Stephen Badger House (state) House (local) Newton- St.

Mary's Church & Cemetary (local) Framingham- First Baptist Church (state) New Bedford- Central New Bedford Lancaster- Founders Hall (state) Historic District (local) Marlborough- Peter Rice House (1ocal) Newton- Echo Bridge (state- resubmission) Medford- Edward Oakes House (local) Sharon- Stoneholm (local) (All of the above are enclosed) (These are enclosed under separate cover) These have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Sincerely, Christine Boulding Cheo s Bonedeng Survey Director Massachusetts Historical Commission TPLLY CB/cj RECEIVED FEB 12 1980 NATIONAL REGISTER *These properties were notified under the new procedures. 1. CALL D TO: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE TELEPHONE REPORT FROM (Name) DATE 4/9/80 TIME OF CALL AM PM 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. If needed) MA.

SHPO candy-enkins 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. Suffolk County Jail - Suffolle co. MA. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION Lasked her if any of the tatter buildings contribute to the hist oric character of the prison building. She will check. 4/18 none of these later buildings contribute. NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL tatuch d FHR-8-227 June 1978 TITLE OFFICE ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE MASSACHUSETTS Date Entered APR 2 3 1980 Name Location (Suffolk County Jall Boston Suffolk County Crowel1-Bourne Farm West Falmouth Barnstable County Also Notified Honorable Paul Tsongas Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Honorable John J. Moakley Honorable Gerry E. Studds NR State Historic Preservation Officer Mrs. Patricia L.

Weslowski Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Byers/bjr 4/29/80 For further information, please call the National Register at (202) 343-6401. Suffolk Counte Tai1 Ap 1980 2.pi - rectargulr y and o 2.88 acres enclosed ou a brickwall - b 1848-185 gravite fared masoma structure wa cruciom plan - 4 foustory wings w/hypea 10zs sadiale from the central hipped wof core (care includes quarda peon roonse connatina q alleries à Staircanes - 3g He wings enclose freestandug interss cell blahs - weot wing had hospit al, hapel, sherffs residere now serves admin. f cctin i is maja fubli entrenl fran Charles St. Orig. 3g te wangs were similar in size - te narth! S. wings were a bays long oy 2 bays wide - the west wing wes 3 tays long ty 3 bays wide- the eastuing was six bags by a bays. In 1901.

the noith wing was enlanged from a to cebags long In 1920 Hhe west wing was doweled ts adding 3 bays and moving the entrance frem the center of thes weng to the weat end (Charles St). 1949 removalo orig. cupolaà clock tower, ,horths 1845 a lrich Kitchen was insected in the carner betw- Hle cast. 2om wings , 1938 a kundrç tld. exterded te kitchen a net botto p.amt sheip eem, mn saita cnpina guarters i a shppns qoice - none archi, siq. 1938 te orig. iron fence wns replared w/a lbedlen ile ft high binh wall ACTION: NATIONAL REGISTER INFORMATION SYSTEM Id 80000670 LI 04/23/1980 MA Suffolk 01 More Suffolk County Jail Name Address City State Status Day45 Multiple Suffolk County Jail 215 Charles St.

Boston Vicinity MASSACHUSETTS County Suffolk LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Resource Type BUILDING Restrict Acreage Date 04/23/1980 0.9 Contributing bldg Noncontributing bldg Park 1 Site Site 0 Stro Strc Obj obj 0 0 Total Total