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The Hotel Alexandra, historically the Walworth Building, is a High Victorian Gothic structure built in the 1870s with a sandstone façade at the corner of Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. [1] The structure is located within the South End Landmark District which was established in ...
CBT Architects of Boston designed a new state-of-the-art theater with a ten-story residence hall above it. [14] The conserved original facade was attached to the new building . Suffolk's new Modern Theatre, a multi-purpose space seating 185, opened on November 4, 2010.
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, which extends southwestward to the Massachusetts–Rhode Island state line. The majority of its length outside of the city was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early 19th century.
Washington Street [3] Washingtonian Hall 1842 Court Street: Williams Hall 1855 circa Washington Street: Windsor Theatre 1881 circa Dover Street [17] World's Museum: 1885 1892 661-667 Washington Street: The successor to the theatre and dime museum Boylston Museum which existed at 667 Washington St.
The Washington Street Theatre District, consisting of seven buildings on the west side of Washington Street (numbers 511-559), was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] Buildings in the district include the Boston Opera House, built on the site of the city's second theater.
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. It is one of the largest Catholic churches in New England. The cathedral is located in the city's South End on Washington Street. Construction of the cathedral started in 1866 and it was dedicated in 1875.
Emerson College Today: "Planning proceeds for College’s Paramount Center development on Washington Street," December 2005, accessed March 4, 2010; Boston Redevelopment Authority: Press Releases: "Mayor Menino, Emerson Take Center Stage in Paramount Theatre Revitalization Plan," April 13, 2005, accessed March 4, 2010
The building was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1985. The oldest building in the district is the 1824 Lafayette Hotel, located next to the Liberty Tree Block on Washington Street. Its modest Federal-style facade is actually an early 20th-century alteration.