Boston Landmark

A Boston Landmark is a designation by the Boston Landmarks Commission for historic buildings and sites. A designated site is selected on the grounds that it has historical, social, cultural, architectural or aesthetic significance to Boston, New England, or the United States. While National Landmark status can provide tax-incentives for the owner of a property, local landmark status has helped prevent and control modifications to a historic structure or place.[1]

Criteria

To start the designation procedure, a petition with at least 10 registered voters must be submitted to the Boston Landmarks Commission. A preliminary hearing is then held to determine if a study report should be prepared. If the commission agrees, a study report on the proposed Landmark and a public hearing follows. A 2/3 majority vote of the commission is necessary for a property to be designated. The decision must then be confirmed by the Mayor of Boston and by the city council. The Preservation Board determines if a property is a cultural resource (and therefore is eligible for landmark status) based on whether it

  1. Is a site that represents some important aspect of cultural, political, economic, military, or social history
  2. Is a site that has a significant association with an outstanding historic person
  3. Is a notable work of an influential architect, landscape architect, designer, or builder
  4. Represents elements of design with distinctive characteristics of a period, style or method of construction or development

Once designated, alterations must be reviewed and approved by the Boston Landmarks Commission[2]

Recent Designations

In 2015, the Boston Landmarks Commission was petitioned to designate Prouty Garden at Boston Children's Hospital for landmark status after a hospital expansion plan would lead to the destruction of the park. Th BLC commission voted 7-1 denying the petition.[3]

In 2016, the Boston Landmarks Commission was petitioned to designate the Citgo sign above Kenmore Square when the building, 660 Beacon Street was sold by Boston University. The proposal is still in consideration.[4]

List of Landmarks

Boston Landmarks Location Date Designated [5] Image
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets [6] 911 N. Tucker Street, South Cove 1977
Donald Mckay House [7] 80 White Street, East Boston 1977
Boston Common Beacon Street 1977
Public Garden Beacon Street 1977
International Trust Company Building [8] 45 Milk Streeet 1978
Adams Nervine Asylum [9] 990-1020 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 1977
South End Landmark District & Protection Area[10] South End 1983
Brook Farm [11] 670 Baker Street, West Roxbury 1977
Alvah Kittredge House[12] 10 Linwood Street 2016

[13]

Arlington Street Church [14] 355 Boylston Street, Back Bay 1978
Ebenezer Hancock House [15] Marshall Street 1978
Hayden Building [16] 681 Washington Street, Theater District 1977 [17]
William Monroe Trotter House [18] 97 Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester 1977 [19]
Commonwealth Avenue Mall [20] Back Bay 1977
James Blake House [21] 210 East Cottage Street,Dorchester 1978
Paramount Theater 549 -63 Washington Street, Theater District 1984
Jacob Wirth's Restaurant [22] 31-39 Stuart Street,Theater District 1977
Federal Reserve Bank 30 Pearl Street, Boston 1978
Bay State Road/Back Bay West Architectural Conservation District Bay State Road 1979
Boston Young Men's Christian Union Building [23] 48 Boylston Street, Theater District 1977
Boylston Building [24] 2 Boylston Street, Theater District 1977
Oak Square School [25] 35 Nonantum Street, Brighton 1979
Eustis Street Architectural Conservation District Roxbury 1981
Charlestown Savings Bank[26] 1-4 Thompson Square, Charlestown 1981
St. Botolph Street Architectural Conservation District St. Botolph Street 1981
Dorchester North Burying Ground [27] Columbia Road, Dorchester 1981
Wilbur Theater [28] 250 Tremont Street, Theater District 1987
Franklin Park [29] Roxbury 1980
Cox Building [30] 1-7 Dudley Street, Roxbury 1980
Church Green Buildings [31] 101-3,105-13 Summer Street 1979
Stock Exchange Building[32] 53 State Street 1980
United Shoe Machinery Company Building [33] 140 Federal Street 1983
Harrison Loring House [34] 789 East Broadway, South Boston 1984
Dorchester Pottery Works [35] 101-5 Victory Road, Dorchester 1980
Back Bay Fens [36] The Fenway 1983 [37]
Proctor Building [38] 100-6 Bedford Street 1983
Trinity Neighborhood House [39] 406 Meridian Street, East Boston 1981
Austin Block[40] 90-92 Main Street, Charlestown 1981
Blackstone Block Street Network [41] Blackstone Block 1983 [42]
Liberty Tree Building [43] 628-36 Washington Street, Theater District 1985
20-30 Bromfield Street [44] 1983
Bay Village Architectural Conservation District Bay Village 1983
Tugboat LUNA Charles River 1985
St. Gabriel's Monastery Building [45] 159 Washington Street, Brighton 1989 [46]
Theodore Parker Unitarian Church [47] 1851 Centre Street 1983
5-7 Broad Street [48] 1983
Batterymarch Building[49] 54 Battermarch Street., Jamaica Plain 1989 [50]
Curley House [51] 350 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain 1989
Gibson House [52] 187 Beacon Street, Back Bay 1992
Burrage House

[53]

 137 Beacon Street, Back Bay 1992 [54]
41 Princeton Street(Arch. Conservation District) [55] East Boston 1991
39 Princeton Street (Arch. Conservation District) [56] East Boston 1991
McCormack Federal Building [57] 5 Post Office Square 1998
Old State House [58] 208 Washington Street 1994
Faneuil Hall [59] 1-10 Faneuil Hall Squeare 1994
Quincy Market[60] Faneuil Hall Market Place 1996 ][61]
Edward Everett House [62] 16 Harvard Street, Charlestown 1996
Loring-Greenough House [63] 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain 1999
Vienna Brewery Complex [64] 133 Halleck & 37 Station, Roxbury 1999
Malcolm X- Ella Little-Collins [65] 72 Dale Street, Roxbury 1998
Aberdeen District [66] Brighton 2001
Mission Church Complex [67] Mission Hill 2004
Fort Point Channel Landmark District South Boston 2008
Modern Theatre [68] 523-525 Washington Street 2002
Charles River Speedway Administration Building [69] 1420-1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton 2013
George Milliken House[70] 44 Virginia Street,Dorchester 2007
Fowler Clark Farm [71] 487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan 2006
Jabez Lewis Farm House at the Arnold Arboretum[72] 1090 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 2007 [73]
Christian Science Center Complex [74] Fenway 2011
Charles River Esplanade [75] Beacon Hill/ Back Bay 2009
Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore and Circulating Library[76] 13-15 West Street 2011 [77]
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 280 The Fenway 2013 [78]

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.cityofboston.gov/landmarks/designation.asp
  3. ↑ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/28/prouty-garden-goes-before-landmarks-commission/q1JdJgMWpQDjhOHGkVtbRK/story.html#comments
  4. ↑ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/06/28/will-citgo-sign-official-landmark
  5. ↑ "City of Boston" (PDF). City of Boston. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
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  11. ↑ https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Brook%20Farm%20%2314%20Study%20Report_tcm3-42379.pdf
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