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Coordinates: 42°21′1″N 71°6′19″W / 42.35028°N 71.10528°W / 42.35028; -71.10528
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Peter Fuller Building
Peter Fuller Building
Peter Fuller Building is located in Massachusetts
Peter Fuller Building
Peter Fuller Building is located in the United States
Peter Fuller Building
Location808 Commonwealth Ave.,
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′1″N 71°6′19″W / 42.35028°N 71.10528°W / 42.35028; -71.10528
Built1927
ArchitectKahn, Albert
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSBrookline MRA
NRHP reference No.85003269[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1985

The Peter Fuller Building is a historic commercial building located at 808 Commonwealth Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Description and history

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This five-story limestone-faced building occupies a prominent position on Commonwealth Avenue near the south end of the BU Bridge. It was designed by the prolific architect Albert Kahn, a noted designer of industrial buildings, and built in 1927 for the Cadillac Auto Company. It is one of the few Boston-area buildings designed by Kahn, who did extensive work designing automobile-related industrial facilities in the American Midwest. This building stood at what was then a gateway position leading to a row of automotive dealerships along Commonwealth Avenue, and was designed to be a local flagship showroom for the luxury Cadillac line.[2] It gets its name from Peter D. Fuller, president of the Cadillac Automobile Company of Boston.[3] It ceased to be a car showroom in 1978, when Fuller closed his dealership, citing high overhead costs.[4] It was purchased by Boston University (BU) the following year.[5] In 2020, the building became home to the Howard Thurman Center, a center for student life at BU.[6]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1985.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Peter Fuller Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ^ Turner, Robert (May 6, 1968). "Profile in the News: Peter Fuller: the 'Nice' Tough Guy". The Boston Globe.
  4. ^ Corcoran, Daniel (February 22, 1978). "The Economy: Peter Fuller to close Hub Cadillac agency". The Boston Globe.
  5. ^ Cohen, Muriel (October 17, 1979). "Four BU trustees quit, one is dropped". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ "Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground | Boston University". Bu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-12.


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