Police Station No. 10, 1170 Columbus Avenue, Boston

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This building is one of the first municipal buildings built in Roxbury after its annexation to Boston in It is also important as a work by Gridley Bryant, who with various partners designed a number of buildings in Boston and New England in the late century. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: 2. Architect: Gridley Bryant and Louis J. Rogers 3. Original and subsequent owners: Legal Description, April XI, PParcel BU8-7 in deed of this date: A parcel of land supposed to be owned by the City of Boston, bounded westerly by Columbus Avenue feet; northeasterly by land now or formerly of Eliot Discount Corporation- and by land of an owner unknown (Elmwood Court so-called) a total of feet; southeasterly by land now or formerly of Boston Nazarene Chapel, Inc.

hQ feet; and south- westerly, northwesterly and again southwesterly by land now or formerly of William P. Doyle and Thomas J. Doyle, feet, 1.0 feet and feet, respectively; containing about square feet. Deed May 20, recorded May 21, in book page 63, and accompanied by a plan dated April 7 drawn hy Will aim A. Garbett, surveyor. Henry F. Durant to City of Boston POLICE STATION NUMBER 10 HABS No. MA-1115 (Page 2) Deed April IT, recorded April IT, in book page and accompanied by a plan dated April IT, drawn by Donald Morgan, Civil Engineer. City of Boston to The Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Department of Public Works k. Alterations and additions: A one-story brick rear extension, one-bay deep, was added in Harold Field Kellogg, architect.

Interior alterations may have been done at the same time. Beyond this elevation is a 1\ story brick ell, which had originally been a water pumping station (ca. , and was converted to a garage for police cars ca. This was then joined to the police station via the new extension in and converted into office space in B. Sources of Information: 1. Original architectural drawings: A* set of blueprints for the rear addition and proposed interior modifications Harold Field_ ii?8S J^^k^ec* (Massachusetts Bay TransPorfc^t^05 'Authorijy)j|_ ; 2.

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# a. Secondary and published sources: -Bailey, Henry Turner, "An Architect of the Old School," Hew England Magazine, Vol. XXV pp. 326-U9. Boston Evening Transcript, Supplement, January 1, P- 2. City of Boston, Police Department, Annual Report ^Boston, City Document #8, p. 10. ' Mackay, Robert B. "The Charles Street Jail: Hegemony of a Design," Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Boston University, = American and New England Studies Program, I98O. Prepared by: Cynthia 2aitzevsky Consultant, Kaiser Engineers Inc./ Fay, Spoffard and Thorndike August, PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural character: Red brick with a mansard roof. 2. Condition of fabric: Good, to-be demolished. POLICE STATION NUMBER 10 HABS No. MA-1115 (Page 3) 3. Description of Exterior: i.

Over-all dimensions: Approximately 40' x plus a 30? x 50' ell. The main structure is three bays by seven bays; two stories plus the attic and basement. 2. Foundation: granite and brick 3. Wall construction, finish and color: Red brick construction with granite entrance, string courses and other details. 4. Structural system, framing: Brick masonry bearing walls and timber framing. 5. Stoops: High front stoop leading to main entrance. 6. Chimneys: Twelve brick chimney stacks rising up from mansard roof, 7. Openings: a. Doorways and doors: Main entrance consists of granite pilasters supporting a heavy plain entablature. ' Double wooden doors are surmounted by a round arched light. b.

Windows: The front side of the first floor includes paired windows on either side of the entrance, with granite sills and bracketed lintels. The second floor of the front side includes brick pilasters with gran- ite bracketed sills and lintels. The attic windows are surmounted by broken base pediments. Most other windows include flat granite sills and lintels, 8. Roof: a. Shape, covering: mansard roof with slate covering- b. Carnicet A-wide modillioned cornice, separating the second floor from the attic level, wraps around the entire main building. C. Description of Interior: 1. Flooring: Wood, covered in most parts by linoleum. 2. Wall and ceiling finish: plaster and paint. 3. Openings: a. Doorways and doors: Simple door frames.

Second-floor doors have transoms with wooden louvers (Originally bedroom doors). POLICE STATION NUMBER 10 SABS No. MA-11I5 (Page h D. Site: 1. General setting and orientation: The building faces northwesterly on Columbus Avenue across from the Roxbury Crossing Bridge, near the intersection with Roxbury Street. Prepared by: Cynthia Zaitsevsky Consultant, Kaiser Engineers Inc / Fay, Spoffard and ThornMke August PART III. PROJECT INFORMATION This project was undertaken by the Department of Transportation in compliance with Executive Order and a Memorandum of Agreement with the Advisory . Council on Historic Preservation as a mitigative effort in the completion of the Convention Center Project. John A. Burns, A.I.A., was the Project Coor- dinator.

Photographs were taken by Richard Cheek in October The written data was compiled by Cynthia 2aitzevsky, Consultant for Kaiser Engineers Inc./ Fay, Spoffard and Thorndike, in August This documentation was prepared for transmittal to the Library of Congress by Robert S. Lange of the HABS staff in August