Compton Building
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| Location | 159, 161-175 Devonshire St., 18-20 Arch St., Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′22.4″N 71°3′27.3″W / 42.356222°N 71.057583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | Winslow and Bigelow |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001284[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 2008 |
The Compton Building is a historic building at 159, 161-175 Devonshire Street and 18-20 Arch Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The eleven-story Classical Revival office tower was built in 1902–03 to a design by Henry Forbes Bigelow of Winslow & Bigelow.
It was connected by internal connections to the adjacent International Trust Company Building in 1961, when the two buildings were under common ownership.[2] The building now houses the Club Quarters Hotel.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Compton Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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