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Boston's Custom House Tower, resting on the original 1849 Custom House structure. The site was purchased on September 13, 1837. Construction of a custom house was authorized by U.S. President Andrew Jackson. When it was completed in 1849, it cost about $1.076 million, in contemporary U.S. currency, including the site, foundations, etc. [3]
Detail of Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770; Custom House visible at right Custom-House, Custom House Street, Boston (built 1810) Custom houses have existed at several locations: Richmond St. and Ann St.; built 1674, demolished 1847. "It was built in 1674, for a Custom House, and used some time for that purpose. Originally ...
Boston Custom House (1849) and Custom House Tower (1915), McKinley Square; Broad Exchange Building (1903), 88 Broad Street; Broad Street Association warehouses (c. 1805), 5–9, 63–73, 64–70, 72 & 102 Broad Street Broad Street Study Report; designated a Boston Landmark in 1983; 171–175 Milk Street; Central Wharf warehouses (1816), 146 ...
From 1947 until 1964 it was the second-tallest building in the city, one foot (30 cm) shorter than the 496-foot (151 m) Custom House Tower, but a much larger building and a conspicuous landmark. The Prudential Tower , completed in 1964, dwarfed both.
Boston went through a major building boom in the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in the construction of over 20 skyscrapers, including 200 Clarendon and the Prudential Tower. The city is the site of 25 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, more than any other city in New England .
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The Ames Building is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes ranked as the tallest building in Boston from its completion in 1889 until 1915, when the Custom House Tower was built, but the steeple of the 1867 Church of the Covenant was much taller than the Ames Building. It is nevertheless considered Boston's first skyscraper. In 2007 ...
View of Government Center from the Custom House Tower. Government Center is an area in downtown Boston, centered on City Hall Plaza.Formerly the site of Scollay Square, it is now the location of Boston City Hall, courthouses, state and federal office buildings, and a major MBTA subway station, also called Government Center.