Temple Place Historic District is a national historic district at 11-55, and 26-58 Temple Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The district encompasses a set of fifteen well-preserved 19th and early-20th century buildings representing the increasing commercialization of the area, which was a fashionable upper-class address in the late 18th century. The earliest buildings date from the 1830s and are Greek Revival in style. Three buildings (29-43 Temple Place) were designed by noted Boston architect Nathaniel J. Bradlee, and are rare surviving examples of his work which predate the Great Boston Fire of 1872; one building (25-27 Temple) was designed by Peabody and Stearns.[2]
Temple Place Historic District | |
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Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°21′18.7″N 71°3′43.27″W / 42.355194°N 71.0620194°W |
Architect | Bradlee, Nathaniel J.; et al. |
Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 88000427 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 26, 1988 |
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The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] Among the former tenants: Ritz & Hastings, photographers (1860s-1880s).[3]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Temple Place Historic District". Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. NY: American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889