Custom House Tower
Historic Buildings: Workplace
Historic Buildings: Workplace
Dates
- Constructed, 1847
- Renovation, 1915
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Description
ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
"A photograph from 1901 shows the Custom House, one of the great Boston landmarks. It was built in 1849 in the Greek Revival style. In practice, Greek Revival means more or less pasting a mini-Parthenon on the front of a building, or, as in this case, four Parthenons on all four fronts. The architect was Ammi B. Young, and the technology was amazing. Each individual column – they’re Doric columns, the most severe of the Greek types – was carved from...
"A photograph from 1901 shows the Custom House, one of the great Boston landmarks. It was built in 1849 in the Greek Revival style. In practice, Greek Revival means more or less pasting a mini-Parthenon on the front of a building, or, as in this case, four Parthenons on all four fronts. The architect was Ammi B. Young, and the technology was amazing. Each individual column – they’re Doric columns, the most severe of the Greek types – was carved from...
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Location
3 McKinley Square
Boston, MA 02109
United States
Boston, MA 02109
United States
Nearby Items
| Custom House Tower at Boston Harbor | 198 feet |  | ||
| Grain Exchange Building | 257 feet | | ||
| Greenway Place | 403 feet | | ||
| View from Custom House Tower | 436 feet | | ||
| Light Blades | 444 feet | | ||
| Custom House Street at Well Street | 510 feet | | ||
| Atlantic Avenue | 651 feet | |
