Custom House Tower

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clock tower historic building landmark skyscraper

Custom House Tower is a historic skyscraper in downtown Boston, originally built as the city's Custom House and now a prominent landmark overlooking the waterfront.

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Label Occurrences
Custom House Tower canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clock tower ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect Peabody & Stearns ⓘ
surface form: Peabody and Stearns
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
constructionEnd 1915 ⓘ
constructionStart 1913 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse hotel ⓘ
timeshare resort ⓘ
hasCategory Clock towers in Massachusetts ⓘ
Government buildings completed in 1915 ⓘ
Skyscrapers in Boston ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation 42.3583° N, 71.0536° W ⓘ
hasNumberOfFloors 32 ⓘ
hasPart clock ⓘ
observation deck ⓘ
heritageDesignation Boston Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
image photographs of Custom House Tower overlooking Boston waterfront ⓘ
inception 1847 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Downtown Boston ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Faneuil Hall ⓘ
Quincy Market ⓘ
locatedOnStreet McKinley Square ⓘ
location Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
materialUsed granite ⓘ
steel ⓘ
opened 1915 ⓘ
operatedBy Marriott Vacation Club ⓘ
originalFunction custom house ⓘ
federal government office building ⓘ
overlooks Boston Harbor ⓘ
Boston waterfront ⓘ
ownedBy Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: City of Boston
partOf Custom House District ⓘ
roofHeight 151 meters ⓘ
496 feet ⓘ
significantEvent conversion to hotel use in the 1990s ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingFrom 1915 ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingIn Boston ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingUntil 1964 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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State station → nearbyLandmark → Custom House Tower ⓘ
Boston skyline → hasPart → Custom House Tower ⓘ
Financial District → contains → Custom House Tower ⓘ
subject surface form: Financial District (Boston)
Peabody & Stearns → notableWork → Custom House Tower ⓘ