Beach-Knapp District

Beach-Knapp District

Beach Street at Knapp; the three left-most buildings are in the district.
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′4″N 71°3′44″W / 42.35111°N 71.06222°W / 42.35111; -71.06222Coordinates: 42°21′4″N 71°3′44″W / 42.35111°N 71.06222°W / 42.35111; -71.06222
Built 1835
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Greek Revival, Late Victorian
MPS Boston Theatre MRA
NRHP Reference # 80000462 [1]
Added to NRHP December 9, 1980

The Beach-Knapp District encompasses a collection of six 19th-century buildings in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is centered at the corner of Beach and Knapp Streets, and includes three buildings on the south side of Beach Street, and three on the east side of Knapp. The buildings encapsulate the transition of the area from a predominantly residential area to a mixed residential-light industrial area in the 19th century. At 5 and 7 Knapp Street stand two Greek Revival residential structures, both built in the 1830s. The four story Renaissaince Revival building at 7-15 Beach Street was built c. 1885, and was historically used as a hotel. The other three buildings, 17-23 Beach, 25-29 Beach, and 9-23 Knapp, are all commercial buildings dating between 1885 and 1906; two of them were designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Beach-Knapp District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-30.


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