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1961
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During 1960 and 1961, two large-scale land clearances leveled wholesale blocks of buildings, as well of some of the loveliest architecture to grace Boston. While many of these buildings may not have had historical signifigance, standing among them was a house designed in 1793 or 1794 by Boston's famed architect, Charles Bulfinch, a house that he may have been his residence. This article takes a look at some of the brilliant architecture lost on the West End.
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Old-Time New England
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During 1960 and 1961, two large-scale land clearances leveled wholesale blocks of buildings, as well of some of the loveliest architecture to grace Boston. While many of these buildings may not have had historical signifigance, standing among them was a house designed in 1793 or 1794 by Boston's famed architect, Charles Bulfinch, a house that he may have been his residence. This article takes a look at some of the brilliant architecture lost on the West End.
Volume 52, Number 186 (Fall, 1961)
Abbott Lowell Cummings (Author)
(1961). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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