Temple Place Historic District

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
Temple Place Historic District is located in Boston
Temple Place Historic District
Temple Place Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Temple Place Historic District
Temple Place Historic District is located in the United States
Temple Place Historic District
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′18.7″N 71°3′43.27″W / 42.355194°N 71.0620194°W / 42.355194; -71.0620194
ArchitectBradlee, Nathaniel J.; et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.88000427 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 26, 1988
Temple Place Street

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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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Temple Place Historic District". Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. ^ Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. NY: American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889