List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston

The list of National Historic Landmarks in Boston includes all structures and other objects that are registered in the Boston metropolitan area as National Historic Landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places . The list is an integral part of the list of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts .

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NHL	Historic Landmark
NHLD	Historic Landmark District

National Historic Landmarks

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	Surname	image	Entry date	location	place	description
1	African Meeting House	more pictures	May 30, 1974 ID no. 71000087	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '35.6 "  N , 71 ° 3' 55.8"  W.	Boston	Also known as the First African Baptist Church and the oldest surviving African American church building in the United States.
2	Nathan Appleton Residence	more pictures	December 22, 1977 ID no. 77001541	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '24.8 "  N , 71 ° 3' 58.7"  W.	Boston	Home of the textile entrepreneur Nathan Appleton . His son-in-law was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .
3	Arnold Arboretum	more pictures	January 12, 1965 ID No. 66000127	Jamaica Plain 42 ° 17 ′ 52.1 "  N , 71 ° 7 ′ 22.1"  W.	Boston	Founded in 1872 and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted , the arboretum is operated by Harvard University .
4th	Frederick Ayer Mansion	more pictures	0April 5, 2005 ID No. 05000459	Back Bay 42 ° 20 ′ 57.5 "  N , 71 ° 5 ′ 25.1"  W.	Boston	Home of the textile manufacturer Frederick Ayer with an interior designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany .
5	Beacon Hill Historic District	more pictures	December 29, 1962 ID No. 66000130	42 ° 21 '29.9 "  N , 71 ° 3' 58"  W.	Boston	There are many buildings designed by Charles Bulfinch in this part of the city .
6th	Boston Athenæum	more pictures	December 21, 1965 ID No. 66000132	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 ′ 29.5 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 43.2"  W.	Boston	This building, designed by Edward Clarke Cabot , houses one of the oldest and largest private libraries in the United States.
7th	Boston Common	more pictures	February 27, 1987 ID No. 72000144 87000760, 72000144	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '18 "  N , 71 ° 3' 56.2"  W.	Boston	Opened in 1634, the public park is the oldest in the United States.
8th	Boston Light	more pictures	January 29, 1964 ID No. 66000133	Little Brewster Island 42 ° 19 ′ 40.4 ″  N , 70 ° 53 ′ 24 ″  W.	Boston	Oldest lighthouse in North America.
9	Boston Naval Shipyard	more pictures	November 13, 1966 ID No. 66000134	Charlestown 42 ° 22 ′ 25.7 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 23.4"  W.	Boston	In the present museum are the ships USS Constitution and USS Cassin Young, registered as National Historic Landmarks .
10	Boston Public Garden	more pictures	February 27, 1987 ID No. 72000144 87000761, 72000144	Back Bay 42 ° 21 '14.8 "  N , 71 ° 4' 11.6"  W.	Boston	Opened as the first public botanical garden in the United States in the 1860s .
11	McKim Building of the Boston Public Library	more pictures	February 24, 1986 ID No. 73000317	Back Bay 42 ° 20 ′ 58.6 "  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 39.4"  W.	Boston	Erected in the 1880s to designs by Charles Follen McKim . Contains murals by John Singer Sargent .
12	Brook Farm	more pictures	July 23, 1965 ID No. 66000141	West Roxbury 42 ° 17 ′ 29 "  N , 71 ° 10 ′ 26.8"  W.	Boston	Experimental, utopian community based on transcendentalism and unitarianism .
13	Bunker Hill Monument	more pictures	January 20, 1961 ID No. 66000138	Charlestown 42 ° 22 '34.7 "  N , 71 ° 3' 38.9"  W.	Boston	The memorial on Breed's Hill commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775.
14th	USS Cassin Young (destroyer)	more pictures	January 14, 1986 ID No. 86000084	Boston Navy Yard 42 ° 22 ′ 19.9 ″  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 16.2 ″  W.	Boston	Former Fletcher-class ship built during World War II , which was used in the Battle of Leyte and the Battle of Okinawa , among others . It has been awarded the Service Star seven times and the Navy Unit Commendation once .
15th	Central Congregational Church	more pictures	October 16, 2012 ID no. 12001012	Back Bay 42 ° 21 ′ 7.6 "  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 26.8"  W.	Boston	The church has the largest intact interior from Louis Comfort Tiffany .
16	USS Constitution (frigate)	more pictures	December 19, 1960 ID no. 66000789	Boston Navy Yard 42 ° 22 ′ 19.6 ″  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 20.2 ″  W.	Boston	With its year of construction in 1797, she is the oldest still floating military ship in the world.
17th	Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital	more pictures	January 12, 1965 ID No. 66000366	West End 42 ° 21 '48.6 "  N , 71 ° 4' 4.4"  W.	Boston	From 1821 to 1867, the Massachusetts General Hospital operating room and site of the world's first use of diethyl ether for anesthesia .
18th	Faneuil Hall	more pictures	0October 9, 1960 ID no. 66000368	Financial District 42 ° 21 ′ 36.4 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 22.7"  W.	Boston	Building named after the Huguenot merchant Peter Faneuil , which was rebuilt in the 1760s after a fire and expanded by Charles Bulfinch in the 19th century . It was the site of many public meetings during the American Revolution .
19th	Fenway Studios		0August 5, 1998 ID No. 78000473	Fenway – Kenmore 42 ° 20 ′ 51 "  N , 71 ° 5 ′ 23.3"  W.	Boston	Erected at the beginning of the 20th century as a studio building for artists in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement .
20th	First Harrison Gray Otis House	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000539	West End 42 ° 21 ′ 40.3 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 52.6"  W.	Boston	House built for Harrison Gray Otis based on designs by Charles Bulfinch .
21st	Fort Warren	more pictures	May 22, 1970 ID No. 70000540	Georges Island 42 ° 19 ′ 12.7 "  N , 70 ° 55 ′ 39.4"  W.	Boston	19th century fortifications in Boston Harbor . The structure was named after Joseph Warren , who fell in the Battle of Bunker Hill .
22nd	William Lloyd Garrison House		June 23, 1965 ID No. 66000653	Roxbury 42 ° 19 '32.9 "  N , 71 ° 5' 35.5"  W.	Boston	Home of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison .
23	Gibson House	more pictures	0August 7, 2001 ID no. 01001048	Back Bay 42 ° 21 '17.6 "  N , 71 ° 4' 28.2"  W.	Boston	Victorian terraced house designed by Edward Clarke Cabot and now a museum.
24	Chester Harding House	more pictures	December 21, 1965 ID No. 66000764	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '28.8 "  N , 71 ° 3' 45"  W.	Boston	Home of the painter Chester Harding .
25th	Harvard Stadium	more pictures	February 27, 1987 ID No. 87000757	Allston 42 ° 21 '59 "  N , 71 ° 7' 37.9"  W.	Boston	The stadium, built in 1903, was the largest reinforced concrete structure at the time .
26th	Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House		May 30, 1974 ID no. 74002044	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '27.7 "  N , 71 ° 4' 0.5"  W.	Boston	Home of abolitionists Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe , designed by Charles Bulfinch .
27	King's Chapel	more pictures	0October 9, 1960 ID no. 74002045	Financial District 42 ° 21 ′ 28.8 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 37.4"  W.	Boston	Unitarian building erected on the site of a former Anglican church.
28	Lightship No. 112, Nantucket	more pictures	December 20, 1989 ID No. 89002464	East Boston 42 ° 21 '40.3 "  N , 71 ° 2' 7.1"  W.	Boston	The largest ever built lightship .
29	Long Wharf and Custom House Block	more pictures	November 13, 1966 ID No. 66000768	42 ° 21 '37.1 "  N , 71 ° 2' 55.3"  W.	Boston	The quay built in the early 18th century and has long been the most commercially important in the British colonies.
30th	Massachusetts General Hospital's Bulfinch Building	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000682	West End 42 ° 21 '48.6 "  N , 71 ° 4' 3.4"  W.	Boston	The original building was designed by Charles Bulfinch .
31	Massachusetts Historical Society Building		December 21, 1965 ID No. 66000770	Fenway – Kenmore 42 ° 20 ′ 48.1 ″  N , 71 ° 5 ′ 24 ″  W.	Boston	Built in 1899, the building is now home to the Massachusetts Historical Society .
32	Massachusetts State House	more pictures	December 19, 1960 ID no. 66000771	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '30.2 "  N , 71 ° 3' 50.4"  W.	Boston	The seat of the State Capitol was built in the 1790s according to plans by Charles Bulfinch and extensively expanded in the 1890s by Charles Brigham . The dome, originally clad in copper supplied by Paul Revere , is now covered with gold leaf .
33	William C. Nell Residence		May 11, 1976 ID No. 76001979	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '36.4 "  N , 71 ° 3' 55.4"  W.	Boston	Abolitionist William Cooper Nell's home .
34	New England Conservatory of Music	more pictures	April 19, 1994 ID No. 80000672	Fenway-Kenmore 42 ° 20 '28.7 "  N , 71 ° 5' 12.1"  W.	Boston	The Jordan Hall was built in 1903 and is known for its excellent acoustics. The NRHP entry, however, bears the name of the conservatory.
35	Dimock Community Health Center Complex	more pictures	July 17, 1991 ID No. 85000317	Roxbury 42 ° 19 '10.9 "  N , 71 ° 5' 51.4"  W.	Boston	Opened in 1872, the building was designed by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears . It was the first public hospital in New England to be run by female doctors.
36	Old City Hall (Boston)	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000687	Financial District 42 ° 21 ′ 28.8 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 33.5"  W.	Boston	One of the first buildings built in the US in the style of the Second Empire . Designed by homepages James Fox Bryant and Arthur Gilman , the structure served as Boston City Hall from 1865 to 1969.
37	Old North Church	more pictures	January 20, 1961 ID No. 66000776	North End 42 ° 21 '59.4 "  N , 71 ° 3' 16.6"  W.	Boston	The church, built in 1723, played a central role in the lead-up to the battles in Lexington and Concord .
38	Old South Church in Boston	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000690	Back Bay 42 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 39.7 ″  W.	Boston	Built in 1873 to designs by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears .
39	Old South Meeting House	more pictures	0October 9, 1960 ID no. 66000778	Downtown Crossing 42 ° 21 ′ 25.2 ″  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 31.3 ″  W.	Boston	In this church building, built in 1729, the Boston Tea Party was prepared on December 16, 1773 .
40	Old State House	more pictures	0October 9, 1960 ID no. 66000779	Downtown Crossing 42 ° 21 ′ 31.3 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 26.6"  W.	Boston	The building, constructed in 1712, served as the seat of the state government until 1798. On March 5, 1770, the Boston massacre occurred on the forecourt .
41	Old West Church	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000691	West End 42 ° 21 '40.7 "  N , 71 ° 3' 51.1"  W.	Boston	Church building built in 1837 based on designs by Asher Benjamin , in which, among others, Jonathan Mayhew preached.
42	Francis Parkman House		December 29, 1962 ID No. 66000782	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 ′ 26.3 "  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 7"  W.	Boston	Home of historian Francis Parkman .
43	Pierce-Hichborn House		October 18, 1968 ID no. 68000042	North End 42 ° 21 '49 "  N , 71 ° 3' 13"  W.	Boston	Adjacent building to Paul Revere House owned by the Paul Revere Memorial Association.
44	William H. Prescott House		December 29, 1964 ID No. 66000765	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '23.8 "  N , 71 ° 4' 5.9"  W.	Boston	The building, constructed in 1808 based on plans by Asher Benjamin , served as the home of the blind historian William H. Prescott .
45	Quincy Market	more pictures	November 13, 1966 ID No. 66000784	Financial District 42 ° 21 ′ 36.7 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 18"  W.	Boston	Early 19th century building named after Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy .
46	Paul Revere House	more pictures	January 20, 1961 ID No. 66000785	North End 42 ° 21 '49.7 "  N , 71 ° 3' 13"  W.	Boston	The oldest surviving house in Boston was Paul Revere's home and is now a museum on the Freedom Trail .
47	Ellen Swallow Richards Residence	more pictures	March 31, 1992 ID No. 92001874	Jamaica Plain 42 ° 18 ′ 42.1 ″  N , 71 ° 7 ′ 3 ″  W.	Boston	Home of Ellen Swallow Richards , the first woman to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
48	ROSEWAY	more pictures	September 25, 1997 ID No. 97001278	Boston Harbor 44 ° 12 '38 "  N , 69 ° 3' 46"  W.	Boston	Gaffel schooner put into service on November 24, 1925 , which was mainly used for boat races.
49	St. Paul's Cathedral	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000730	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '21.2 "  N , 71 ° 3' 45.4"  W.	Boston	The church building was built in 1819 in the style of the Greek Revival and is now part of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts .
50	David Sears House		December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000731	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '24.5 "  N , 71 ° 4' 0.1"  W.	Boston	The building, constructed in 1816, was named after its first owner, David Sears.
51	Shirley-Eustis House	more pictures	0October 9, 1960 ID no. 66000787	Roxbury 42 ° 19 '25 "  N , 71 ° 4' 19.2"  W.	Boston	Erected in the 1740s by Colonial Governor William Shirley , later also the residence of Governor William Eustis .
52	Charles Sumner House	more pictures	0November 7, 1973 ID no. 73001953	Beacon Hill 42 ° 21 '37.4 "  N , 71 ° 3' 51.8"  W.	Boston	1851 home of the senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner .
53	Symphony Hall	more pictures	January 20, 1999 ID No. 99000633	Fenway-Kenmore 42 ° 20 '33.4 "  N , 71 ° 5' 8.9"  W.	Boston	Home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1900 . Built to designs by McKim, Mead, and White .
54	Tremont Street Subway		January 29, 1964 ID No. 66000788	Financial District 42 ° 21 ′ 16.9 ″  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 50.4 ″  W.	Boston	Oldest subway tunnel in North America.
55	Trinity Church	more pictures	December 30, 1970 ID No. 70000733	Back Bay 42 ° 21 ′ 0.4 "  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 28.6"  W.	Boston	Erected in the 1870s to designs by Henry Hobson Richardson , the church building is the first in the style known today as the Richardsonian Romanesque .
56	William Monroe Trotter House	more pictures	May 11, 1976 ID No. 76002003	Dorchester 42 ° 18 ′ 45.7 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 44.6"  W.	Boston	Home of the African American journalist William Monroe Trotter .
57	Union Oyster House	more pictures	May 27, 2003 ID no. 03000645	Financial District 42 ° 21 ′ 40.3 "  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 24.8"  W.	Boston	The oldest operating restaurant in the United States opened in 1826; the building itself was erected at the beginning of the 18th century.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The numbering in this list column is based on the order of the entries presented by the National Park Service ; the colors distinguish different types of protected areas of the National Park System with national significance (e.g. National Historic Landmarks ) from the other entries in the National Register of Historic Places .
2. ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved November 2, 2013.

Web links

• National Historic Landmark Program of the National Park Service