Boston Custom House
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The Boston Custom House is a historic 19th-century government building and former customs facility in Boston, Massachusetts, best known for its iconic clock tower that once made it the city’s tallest structure.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boston Custom House District | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clock tower
ⓘ
custom house ⓘ government building ⓘ |
| architect |
Ammi B. Young
NERFINISHED
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Peabody and Stearns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
surface form:
Beaux-Arts architecture
Greek Revival architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Clock towers in Massachusetts
ⓘ
Custom houses in the United States ⓘ Government buildings in Boston ⓘ Skyscrapers in Boston ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1847 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1837 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentUse | Marriott Vacation Club timeshare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfNRHPInclusion | 1973 ⓘ |
| hasClock | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Boston Custom House Tower
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
clock tower ⓘ customs offices ⓘ ground-floor colonnade ⓘ observation deck ⓘ |
| hasView |
Boston Harbor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boston skyline ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 151 meters
ⓘ
approximately 496 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Boston Landmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | 1837 ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
City of Boston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Commonwealth of Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Suffolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Boston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | granite ⓘ |
| near |
Boston Harbor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faneuil Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Quincy Market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Downtown Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 73000308 ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 32 ⓘ |
| operator | Marriott Vacation Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFunction | United States Customs Service headquarters for Port of Boston ⓘ |
| owner | City of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Custom House District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
surpassed in height by Prudential Tower in the 1960s
ⓘ
was tallest building in Boston upon completion of its tower ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 3 McKinley Square ⓘ |
| topFloorHeight | approximately 151 meters ⓘ |
| towerConstructionEndDate | 1915 ⓘ |
| towerConstructionStartDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| use |
customs facility
ⓘ
hotel ⓘ office building ⓘ timeshare resort ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boston Custom House District