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
[edit]- ^ a b [1] Hotel Agassiz (191 Commonwealth Avenue) BOSarchitecture
- ^ Victorian Boston Today: Twelve Walking Tours edited by Mary Melvin Petronella page 80
42°21′06″N 71°04′49″W / 42.3518°N 71.0803°W
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