Hotel Agassiz

191 Commonwealth Avenue

Hotel Agassiz is a historic building in Boston designed by Weston & Rand and built in 1872.[1] It is located at 191 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay. The building was designed for Alexander Agassiz (son of Harvard University naturalist Louis Agassiz) and his brother-in-law Henry Lee Higginson (son of George Higginson who founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[2] Alexander Agassiz was the developer and president of the Calumet Mine and Hecla Copper Mines.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hotel Agassiz (191 Commonwealth Avenue) BOSarchitecture
  2. ↑ Victorian Boston Today: Twelve Walking Tours edited by Mary Melvin Petronella page 80

Coordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°04′49″W / 42.3518°N 71.0803°W / 42.3518; -71.0803

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