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The street address is 200 Clarendon Street, but occupants also use "Hancock Place" as a mailing address for offices in the building. John Hancock Insurance was the primary tenant of the building at opening, but the company announced in 2004 that some offices would relocate to a new building at 601 Congress Street, in Fort Point, Boston.
The Berkeley Building (also known as the Old John Hancock Building) is a 26-story, 495-foot (151 m) structure located at 200 Berkeley Street, the second of the three John Hancock buildings built in Boston. The building, located in Boston's Back Bay, was designed by Cram and Ferguson and completed in 1947.
Rank Name Image Height ft (m) Floors Year Coordinates Notes 1 John Hancock Tower (200 Clarendon Street) : 790 (241) 60 1976 80th-tallest building in the U.S. as of 2021 Has been the tallest building in Boston, Massachusetts, and New England since 1976
The Berkeley Building (also known as the Old John Hancock Building) is a 26-story, 495-foot (151 m) building located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the second of the three John Hancock buildings built in Boston; it was succeeded by the John Hancock Tower .
John Hancock Life Insurance Company, U.S.A. is a Boston-based insurance company. Established April 21, 1862, it was named in honor of John Hancock, a prominent American Patriot. In 2004, Canadian multinational life insurance company Manulife Financial acquired John Hancock and operates it as an independent subsidiary. The company and the ...
Although Boston at that time had a 125 ft (38 m) height restriction, the Custom House was federally owned and exempt from it. The new tower's 496 ft (151 m) made it the city's tallest. In 1947, the Old John Hancock Building , just one foot shorter, joined it in the skies over Boston.
The skyscraper was envisioned to be the tallest building in Boston, projected to exceed the height of the iconic John Hancock Tower by 15 stories and destined to reach at least 210 feet (64 meters). Despite the initial excitement surrounding its potential, Trans National Place faced numerous challenges leading to its eventual cancellation in ...
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