Massachusetts - Suffolk County - Vacant / Not In Use
Suffolk County Massachusetts (Vacant / Not In Use) has 25 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Boylston Building, Fort Banks Mortar Battery, Hayden Building, Shirley-Eustis House and WENTWORTH, ALICE S. (schooner).

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Suffolk County places including Col. Henry Abbot, Norcross Bros., Woodbury & Leighton, Carl Fehmer, Mansfield, Lt. Col. Samuel L., etal, Henry H. Richardson, Rutan & Coolidge Shepley, Morehead City Shipbuilding Corp., Fitchburg Railroad and Carr & Wright Nimmons. Prominent architectural styles found in Suffolk Country are Classical Revival, Romanesque and Renaissance.

Bigelow School (added 1985 - - #85000316)
350 W. 4th St. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bateman,Charles J.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bowditch School (added 1990 - - #90001145)
80--82 Greene St. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Atwood,Harrison Henry
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Boylston Building (added 1980 - - #80000450)
2-22 Boylston St. , Boston
Biruitorul~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Woodbury & Leighton, Fehmer,Carl
Architectural Style:
Chicago
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Theater
Charles River Reservation--Upper Basin Headquarters (added 2010 - - #10000506)
Also known as Charles River Speedway Headquarters, Speedway Complex
1420-1440 Soldiers Field Rd , Boston
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stickney & Austin, Charles Eliot, Olmsted Brothers
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Other, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Other, Vacant/Not In Use
Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District (added 1990 - - #89002271)
Beacon St. and Commonwealth Ave. , Boston
Yelm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Shepley,Rutan & Coolidge
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Church of Christ (added 1984 - - #84000430)
Also known as Revere Masonic Temple
265 Beech St. , Revere
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Collins Building (added 2005 - - #05000559)
Also known as Bowdoin Hall; Mt. Bowdoin Hall, New Washington Auditorium; Silver Manor
213-217 Washington St. , Boston
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
EDNA G. shipwreck (Eastern Rig dragger) (added 2010 - - #10000039)
Also known as STB009
Address Restricted , Boston
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Commerce, Engineering, Maritime History, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
East Boston High School, Old (added 2006 - - #06000127)
Also known as Joseph H. Barnes School
127 Marion St. , Boston
Dominic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Faxon, John Lymon, Greco, Charles Reggio
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Eliot Burying Ground (added 1974 - - #74000388)
Also known as Eustis Street Burying Ground;First Burying Ground in Roxbury
Eustis and Washington Sts. , Boston
Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Art, Landscape Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Funerary, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Fire Station
Current Function:
Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Engine House No. 34 (added 1985 - - #85003375)
Also known as Western Avenue Fire Station
444 Western Ave. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bateman,Charles
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fields Corner Municipal Building (added 1981 - - #81000620)
1 Arcadia St., 195 Adams St. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clough,George A.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fort Banks Mortar Battery (added 2007 - - #07000144)
Also known as Fort Banks
Kennedy Dr. , Winthrop
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Abbot, Col. Henry, Mansfield, Lt. Col. Samuel L., etal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Military
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fulton-Commercial Streets District (added 1973 - - #73000319)
Fulton, Commercial, Mercantile, Lewis, and Richmond Sts. , Boston
Marcbela, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Hayden Building (added 1980 - - #80000446)
681-683 Washington St. , Boston
Biruitorul~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Norcross Bros., Richardson,Henry H.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Theater
Hibernian Hall (added 2004 - - #04000534)
Also known as Hibernian Building
182-186 Dudley St. , Boston
Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dolan, Joseph M., Graham, Edward T.P.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, European, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings (added 2010 - - #10000300)
Also known as Croft Brewery Bottling and Storage Building, Oliver Ditson & Company
154-166 Terrace St , Boston
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Beal, William J., Monks and Johnson
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Home for Aged Couples (added 2005 - - #05000879)
Also known as Elizabeth Carleton House
409, 419 Walnut Ave. and 2055 Columbus Ave. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Co0lidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbo, Fox, John A.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Exotic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Hoosac Stores 1 & 2-Hoosac Stores 3 (added 1985 - - #85002339)
25 and 115 Water St. , Charlestown
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fitchburg Railroad
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Economics, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kennedy's Building (added 1983 - - #83004619)
26--38 Summer St., 84--88 Hawley St., and Snow Place , Boston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Emerson & Fehmer
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Roughan Hall (added 1982 - - #82004448)
15-18 City Sq. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Donovan & Brock, Vinal,Arthur H.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Engineering, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store (added 1991 - - #90001992)
309 Park Dr. and 201 Brookline Ave. , Boston
Grk1011, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Nimmons,Carr & Wright
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Shirley-Eustis House (added 1966 - - #66000787)
31-37 Shirley St. , Roxbury
Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Trinity Neighborhood House (added 1992 - - #92000356)
406 Meridian St. , Boston
Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
WENTWORTH, ALICE S. (schooner) (added 1974 - - #73002284)
Pier 4, Northern Ave. , Boston
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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