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  2. Boston Custom House - Wikipedia

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    The Custom House in Boston, Massachusetts, was established in the 17th century and stood near the waterfront in several successive locations through the years. In 1849 the U.S. federal government constructed a neoclassical building on State Street ; it remains the "Custom House" known to Bostonians today.

  3. Custom House Tower - Wikipedia

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    Boston's Custom House Tower, resting on the original 1849 Custom House structure. The site was purchased on September 13, 1837. Construction of a custom house was authorized by U.S. President Andrew Jackson. When it was completed in 1849, it cost about $1.076 million, in contemporary U.S. currency, including the site, foundations, etc. [3]

  4. Qinghai Lake - Wikipedia

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    18,000 years ago, just after the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, the lake level of Lake Qinghai was around 30 metres lower than today. Between 15,600 and 10,700 years ago, lake levels secularly increased to around 10 metres lower than the present lake level, after which they declined slightly until around 9,200 years ago, when they began to ...

  5. Custom House District - Wikipedia

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    Boston Custom House (1849) and Custom House Tower (1915), McKinley Square; Broad Exchange Building (1903), 88 Broad Street; Broad Street Association warehouses (c. 1805), 5–9, 63–73, 64–70, 72 & 102 Broad Street Broad Street Study Report; designated a Boston Landmark in 1983; 171–175 Milk Street; Central Wharf warehouses (1816), 146 ...

  6. List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston - Wikipedia

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    Boston African American National Historic Site: October 10, 1980: Boston The Park Service operates two buildings (the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School) of 15 locations that comprise this site. All of the site's locations are linked by the Black Heritage Trail, although only a few are open to the public. 2: Boston National ...

  7. List of museums in Boston - Wikipedia

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    Operated by Revolutionary Spaces, Organizing point for the Boston Tea Party, includes museum Old State House Museum: Financial District: History: Operated by Revolutionary Spaces, 18th-century Colonial state house, served as the first state house for the newly formed Commonwealth of Massachusetts Otis House Museum: West End: Historic house

  8. Customs House Hotel - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 22 November 2023, at 06:24 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Central Wharf (Boston) - Wikipedia

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    Boston: Wells and Lilly. National Register of Historic Places (1973). "Custom House District". National Park Service; Rosenberg, Chaim M. (2011). The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817. Lanham: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-4683-5. Seasholes, Nancy S. (2003). Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston. Cambridge: MIT Press.