R. H. Stearns Building

R. H. Stearns House
R.H. Stearns Building on Temple Place and Tremont Street in 1914 from Rossiter's book Days and ways in old Boston, 3rd ed. Boston: R.H. Stearns and Company, 1914
Location 140 Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′20.4″N 71°3′45.5″W / 42.355667°N 71.062639°WCoordinates: 42°21′20.4″N 71°3′45.5″W / 42.355667°N 71.062639°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1909
Architect Parker,Thomas & Rice; Wells Bros. Co.
Architectural style Beaux Arts
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 80000671[1]
Added to NRHP June 16, 1980

The R. H. Stearns Building at 140 Tremont Street in Boston was built in 1909 for the businessman R. H. Stearns and his company and was the home of the R. H. Stearns department store until its demise.[2]

The Stearns store had been in many locations in Boston before finally settling in its new building and headquarters at 140 Tremont Street.[2]

Since 1886 Stearns & Co. occupied and leased a re-modeled building on the site of the old Boston Masonic Temple, until it was completely torn down and the new R.H. Stearns building put up in 1908.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as R. H. Stearns House in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rossiter, William Sidney, ed., Days and ways in old Boston, 3rd ed. Boston: R.H. Stearns and Company, 1914.

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