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As part of the purchase agreement, the name "Hancock Tower" would expire along with John Hancock's lease in 2015. [7] The company that built the Hancock Tower and two earlier, similarly-named buildings is known loosely as "John Hancock Insurance", or simply "John Hancock". It was known as "The John Hancock Life Insurance Company" in the 1930s ...
For most of Boston's earlier years, the tallest buildings in the city were churches with their steeples. The first skyscraper in the city is generally considered the Ames Building, completed in 1893. [5] However, since the 13-story building did not surpass the steeple of the Church of the Covenant, [112] it never became a city record holder.
The Prudential Tower, also known as the Prudential Building or, colloquially, the Pru, [1] [2] is an international style skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. The building, a part of the Prudential Center complex, currently stands as the 2nd-tallest building in Boston, behind the John Hancock Tower .
111 Huntington Avenue is a Boston skyscraper. Located on Huntington Avenue, it is part of the Prudential Center complex that also houses the Prudential Tower. Completed in 2002, the tower is 554 feet (169 meters) tall and houses 36 floors. It is Boston's 12th-tallest building. It won the 2002 bronze Emporis Skyscraper Award.
One Dalton is a 850,000 sq ft (79,000 m 2) skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Also referred to as the Hudson Tower , it is the third tallest building in Boston , the tallest residential building in New England, and the tallest building constructed in the city since Hancock Place in 1976.
Winthrop Center, is a skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is currently the fourth-tallest building in Boston, Massachusetts. The tower is built on the site of the defunct Winthrop Square Garage in the Financial District. [1] [2]
The tower was designed by Peabody and Stearns and was added in 1913–15. [1] The building is part of the Custom House District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Standing at 496 ft (151 m) tall, the building is currently tied with The Hub on Causeway Tower as Boston's 23rd-tallest buildings.
The Ames Building is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes ranked as the tallest building in Boston from its completion in 1889 until 1915, when the Custom House Tower was built, but the steeple of the 1867 Church of the Covenant was much taller than the Ames Building. It is nevertheless considered Boston's first skyscraper. In 2007 ...