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Custom House District is a historic district in Boston, Massachusetts located between the Fitzgerald Expressway (now Purchase St. / the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway) and Kilby Street and South Market and High and Batterymarch Streets. Named after the 1849 Boston Custom House located on State Street, the historic district contains about seventy buildings on nearly sixteen acres in Downtown Boston, consisting of 19th century mercantile buildings along with many early 20th century skyscrapers, including the 1915 Custom House Tower.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Additionally, the area contains numerous non-contributing newer office buildings.
Appleton Building (1900), 4 Liberty Square
Batterymarch Building (1928), 54-68 Batterymarch Street ; designated a Boston Landmark in 1995.
Board of Trade Building (1901), 2-22 Broad Street
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; 171-175 Milk Street
Central Wharf warehouses (1816), 146-176 Milk Street
Chase and Sanborn warehouse (1901), 141-149 Broad Street
Cunard Building (1901), 122-130 State Street
Employees Liability Building (1904), 33 Broad Street
Exchange Club Building (1893), 22 Batterymarch Street
Farlow Building (1895), 92 State Street
Fidelity Building (1915), 144-148 State Street
Flour and Grain Exchange Building, aka Boston Chamber of Commerce (1892), 177 Milk Street
India Building (1903), 74-84 State Street
Insurance Exchange Building (1923), 24-44 Broad Street
King Building (1894), 120-122 Milk Street
James Codman Building (1873), 44-48 Kilby Street
John Foster Warehouse (c. 1860), 109-133 Broad Street
Marshall Building (1910), 15-19 Broad Street
Pepperell Building (1921), 160 State Street
Rice Drystuffs Company Building (1872), 295 Franklin Street
Richards Building, aka Shaw Building (1867), 112-116 State Street
State Street Block (1857), 177-199 State Street
Telegraph Building (1903), 100-110 State Street
William Henderson Boardman Warehouse, aka Howe & French Building (c. 1857), 97-107 Broad Street
75 State Street (1988)
Folio Boston, 88 Broad Street (2005)
20 Custom House Street (1988)
21 Custom House Street (1989)
Market Place Center (1985)
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