Hotel Boylston

Hotel Boylston, Boston, 19th century

Hotel Boylston (1871-1894) of Boston, Massachusetts, stood at the corner of Tremont Street and Boylston Street in today's Boston Theater District. The architecture firm of Cummings and Sears designed it "in the Italian-Gothic style" as a residential apartment building.[1][2] Among the tenants: New England Kennel Club;[3] Christian Science Publishing Co.;[4] and piano dealer Steinert & Sons and its 350-seat concert hall.[5][6]

References

  1. New England: a handbook for travelers, 7th ed., rev. and augm., Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood, 1880
  2. Bacon's dictionary of Boston. 1886
  3. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 12, 1886
  4. Caspar's directory of the American book, news and stationery trade. 1889
  5. "Steinert Hall." King's Handbook of Boston. 1889
  6. Illustrated Boston, the Metropolis of New England. NY: American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889

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Coordinates: 42°21′8.44″N 71°3′51.91″W / 42.3523444°N 71.0644194°W / 42.3523444; -71.0644194

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