United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′14″N 71°3′23″W / 42.35389°N 71.05639°W / 42.35389; -71.05639Coordinates: 42°21′14″N 71°3′23″W / 42.35389°N 71.05639°W / 42.35389; -71.05639
Built 1929
Architect George W.Fuller Co.; Parker, Thomas & Rice
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP Reference #

80000668

[1]
Added to NRHP August 19, 1980

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.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] 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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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.


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