Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block
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Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block | |
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Sears Crescent (5-story red brick, on left) and Sears Block (4-story gray granite, on right) | |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′34″N 71°3′34″W / 42.35944°N 71.05944°WCoordinates: 42°21′34″N 71°3′34″W / 42.35944°N 71.05944°W |
| Built | 1816 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Other, Federal |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # |
86001486 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 9, 1986 |
Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block is an historic building at 38-68 and 70-72 Cornhill in Boston, Massachusetts. It is adjacent to City Hall and City Hall Plaza, Government Center, Boston.
Sears' Crescent was constructed in 1816, and Sears Block in 1848.[2] The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
See also
- City Hall Plaza
- Cornhill, Boston
- David Sears (America)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ AIA Guide to Boston. 2008
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Image gallery
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Overview of Cornhill and Brattle Streets, ca.1905
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Overview of Cornhill, ca.1905
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Sears Crescent, Cornhill, Boston, 1962
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Corner of Cornhill and Court Street, Boston, 1962
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Cornhill, Boston, 1967
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Sears Block, 1967
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Sears Crescent (at left), looking toward Tremont and Cambridge St., 2007
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View of Sears Crescent in distance, looking across City Hall Plaza, 2010
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