Russia Wharf Buildings

United States historic place
Russia Wharf Buildings
518–540 Atlantic Ave. (2023)
42°21′12″N 71°3′11″W / 42.35333°N 71.05306°W / 42.35333; -71.05306
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1898
ArchitectPeabody & Stearns; Multiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.80000463[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 02, 1980

The Russia Wharf Buildings are a cluster of three stylistically similar commercial buildings at 518-540 Atlantic Avenue, 270 Congress Street and 276-290 Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts. They are built on the original site of Russia Wharf, near where the Boston Tea Party took place in 1773. The wharf was the center of Boston's trade with Russia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The wharf's buildings were destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872, and the land area was extended by building over the wharf and filling the spaces surrounding it. The three Renaissance Revival buildings were designed by Peabody and Stearns and was built in 1897.[2]

The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Gallery

  • Russia Wharf (2014)
    Russia Wharf (2014)
  • Building during restoration (2009)
    Building during restoration (2009)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Russia Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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