{"id":14929,"date":"2024-03-27T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/preservation\/?p=14929"},"modified":"2024-03-30T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:55:22","slug":"fort-point-channel-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/preservation\/2024\/03\/27\/fort-point-channel-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2024 Field Trip to Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Spring 2024 Preservation Studies Field Trip took us on a g<\/span><\/span>uided walk of the Fort Point Channel Landmark District<\/a>, designated in 2009. The walk explored heritage sites associated with the Boston Wharf Company (BWC, founded 1836). The tour was guided by Sara Wermiel, Adjunct professor, Preservation Studies Program, Boston University, and Rachel Ericksen, Preservation Planner (City of Boston) for the Fort Point Channel Landmark District. Sites visited included the Fort Point Channel and the Summer Street Bridge. At the Boston Children’s Museum<\/a> we looked at the buildings adaptive reuse and its structural system. The Boston Fire Museum<\/a>, 344 Congress Street, occupies the old firehouse since 1983. The former Congress Street Fire Station was completed in 1891 in a Classical Revival style. The lobby of the Residence Inn by Mariott at 370 Congress Street, was part of the former Stilling Building. Rachel Ericksen spoke about the strategy of the owner’s of Thomson Place<\/a> to update its neighborhood by improving the public realm and adding new features such as \u00a0ghost signs and street lights. Katherine Meyer, the owner of a condo in the early residential conversion at 326 A Street opened her home, and offered a glimpse into the former Boston Button Company building, built in 1890 and an example of the Romanesque Revival. Rachel Ericksen explained the proposals for the redevelopment of 7 Channel Center<\/a> by 7 CC 73 Owner, LLC. The proposal was scheduled to go for a next step of the planning process to the Landmarks Commission of the City of Boston. Lunch was enjoyed at Flour Bakery<\/a> on Farnsworth Street, also at a converted Boston Wharf Company building.<\/div>\n
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“Summer Street Retractile Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Summer Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA.” (Historic American Engineering Record, William Jackson et al., 1968, from Survey HAER MA-41).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Heritage Walk (Sarah Wermiel, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Congress Street Bridge (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Boston Children’s Museum (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Boston Fire Museum (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Congress Street (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Congress Street with the Stillings Building c. 1898\u20131907, now the Residence Inn by Mariott (Boston Public Library).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Lobby of the Residence Inn by Mariott (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Lobby of the Residence Inn by Mariott (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The Boston Button Co. in 1950 (Boston Public Library).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Boston Button Co.\/326 A Street (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Boston Button Co.\/326 A Street, courtesy Katherine Meyer (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Boston Button Co.\/326 A Street; collection of Katherine Meyer (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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View from Congress Street to A Street, c. 1898 (Boston Public Library).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thomson Place (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Standards and Criteria (Photo: Jan Haenraets, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Useful sources:<\/div>\n
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Fort Point Channel Landmark District<\/a>, City of Boston,<\/div>\n
Study Report<\/a>, 2009<\/div>\n
Fort Point Neighborhood Association<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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