Boston Landmark

A Boston Landmark is a designation by the Boston Landmarks Commission for historic buildings and sites. A designated site is selected on the grounds that it has historical, social, cultural, architectural or aesthetic significance to Boston, New England, or the United States. While National Landmark status can provide tax-incentives for the owner of a property, local landmark status has helped prevent and control modifications to a historic structure or place.^[1]

Criteria

To start the designation procedure, a petition with at least 10 registered voters must be submitted to the Boston Landmarks Commission. A preliminary hearing is then held to determine if a study report should be prepared. If the commission agrees, a study report on the proposed Landmark and a public hearing follows. A 2/3 majority vote of the commission is necessary for a property to be designated. The decision must then be confirmed by the Mayor of Boston and by the city council. The Preservation Board determines if a property is a cultural resource (and therefore is eligible for landmark status) based on whether it

1. Is a site that represents some important aspect of cultural, political, economic, military, or social history
2. Is a site that has a significant association with an outstanding historic person
3. Is a notable work of an influential architect, landscape architect, designer, or builder
4. Represents elements of design with distinctive characteristics of a period, style or method of construction or development

Once designated, alterations must be reviewed and approved by the Boston Landmarks Commission^[2]

Recent Designations

In 2015, the Boston Landmarks Commission was petitioned to designate Prouty Garden at Boston Children's Hospital for landmark status after a hospital expansion plan would lead to the destruction of the park. Th BLC commission voted 7-1 denying the petition.^[3]

In 2016, the Boston Landmarks Commission was petitioned to designate the Citgo sign above Kenmore Square when the building, 660 Beacon Street was sold by Boston University. The proposal is still in consideration.^[4]

List of Landmarks

Boston Landmarks	Location	Date Designated [5]	Image
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets [6]	911 N. Tucker Street, South Cove	1977
Donald Mckay House [7]	80 White Street, East Boston	1977
Boston Common	Beacon Street	1977
Public Garden	Beacon Street	1977
International Trust Company Building [8]	45 Milk Streeet	1978
Adams Nervine Asylum [9]	990-1020 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain	1977
South End Landmark District & Protection Area[10]	South End	1983
Brook Farm [11]	670 Baker Street, West Roxbury	1977
Alvah Kittredge House[12]	10 Linwood Street	2016	[13]
Arlington Street Church [14]	355 Boylston Street, Back Bay	1978
Ebenezer Hancock House [15]	Marshall Street	1978
Hayden Building [16]	681 Washington Street, Theater District	1977 [17]
William Monroe Trotter House [18]	97 Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester	1977 [19]
Commonwealth Avenue Mall [20]	Back Bay	1977
James Blake House [21]	210 East Cottage Street,Dorchester	1978
Paramount Theater	549 -63 Washington Street, Theater District	1984
Jacob Wirth's Restaurant [22]	31-39 Stuart Street,Theater District	1977
Federal Reserve Bank	30 Pearl Street, Boston	1978
Bay State Road/Back Bay West Architectural Conservation District	Bay State Road	1979
Boston Young Men's Christian Union Building [23]	48 Boylston Street, Theater District	1977
Boylston Building [24]	2 Boylston Street, Theater District	1977
Oak Square School [25]	35 Nonantum Street, Brighton	1979
Eustis Street Architectural Conservation District	Roxbury	1981
Charlestown Savings Bank[26]	1-4 Thompson Square, Charlestown	1981
St. Botolph Street Architectural Conservation District	St. Botolph Street	1981
Dorchester North Burying Ground [27]	Columbia Road, Dorchester	1981
Wilbur Theater [28]	250 Tremont Street, Theater District	1987
Franklin Park [29]	Roxbury	1980
Cox Building [30]	1-7 Dudley Street, Roxbury	1980
Church Green Buildings [31]	101-3,105-13 Summer Street	1979
Stock Exchange Building[32]	53 State Street	1980
United Shoe Machinery Company Building [33]	140 Federal Street	1983
Harrison Loring House [34]	789 East Broadway, South Boston	1984
Dorchester Pottery Works [35]	101-5 Victory Road, Dorchester	1980
Back Bay Fens [36]	The Fenway	1983 [37]
Proctor Building [38]	100-6 Bedford Street	1983
Trinity Neighborhood House [39]	406 Meridian Street, East Boston	1981
Austin Block[40]	90-92 Main Street, Charlestown	1981
Blackstone Block Street Network [41]	Blackstone Block	1983 [42]
Liberty Tree Building [43]	628-36 Washington Street, Theater District	1985
20-30 Bromfield Street [44]		1983
Bay Village Architectural Conservation District	Bay Village	1983
Tugboat LUNA	Charles River	1985
St. Gabriel's Monastery Building [45]	159 Washington Street, Brighton	1989 [46]
Theodore Parker Unitarian Church [47]	1851 Centre Street	1983
5-7 Broad Street [48]	1983
Batterymarch Building[49]	54 Battermarch Street., Jamaica Plain	1989 [50]
Curley House [51]	350 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain	1989
Gibson House [52]	187 Beacon Street, Back Bay	1992
Burrage House [53]	137 Beacon Street, Back Bay	1992 [54]
41 Princeton Street(Arch. Conservation District) [55]	East Boston	1991
39 Princeton Street (Arch. Conservation District) [56]	East Boston	1991
McCormack Federal Building [57]	5 Post Office Square	1998
Old State House [58]	208 Washington Street	1994
Faneuil Hall [59]	1-10 Faneuil Hall Squeare	1994
Quincy Market[60]	Faneuil Hall Market Place	1996 ][61]
Edward Everett House [62]	16 Harvard Street, Charlestown	1996
Loring-Greenough House [63]	12 South Street, Jamaica Plain	1999
Vienna Brewery Complex [64]	133 Halleck & 37 Station, Roxbury	1999
Malcolm X- Ella Little-Collins [65]	72 Dale Street, Roxbury	1998
Aberdeen District [66]	Brighton	2001
Mission Church Complex [67]	Mission Hill	2004
Fort Point Channel Landmark District	South Boston	2008
Modern Theatre [68]	523-525 Washington Street	2002
Charles River Speedway Administration Building [69]	1420-1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton	2013
George Milliken House[70]	44 Virginia Street,Dorchester	2007
Fowler Clark Farm [71]	487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan	2006
Jabez Lewis Farm House at the Arnold Arboretum[72]	1090 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain	2007 [73]
Christian Science Center Complex [74]	Fenway	2011
Charles River Esplanade [75]	Beacon Hill/ Back Bay	2009
Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore and Circulating Library[76]	13-15 West Street	2011 [77]
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum	280 The Fenway	2013 [78]

References

External links

• City of Boston, Boston Landmarks Commission
• Old State House Museum
• Modern Theatre Shows
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum