NRHP Reference # 80000668 Added to NRHP 19 August 1980 | Built 1929 Opened 1929 Architecture firm Parker, Thomas & Rice | |
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Similar Keystone Building, Liberty Mutual Tower, 100 Cambridge Street, Four Seasons Hotel & P, 100 Federal Street | ||
The United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building is a historic office building at 138-164 Federal Street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. The steel-frame skyscraper has 24 stories and a penthouse, and was built in 1928 to a design by George W. Fuller and Parker, Thomas & Rice. It is one of Boston's finest Art Deco buildings, including an elaborately decorated lobby. It was built for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, which at the time controlled 98% of the nation's shoe machinery business.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and in 1983 it was designated a Boston Landmark with rare interior (lobby) as well as exterior protection by the Boston Landmarks Commission.
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