Custom House
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original use:
Public administration building
current use:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
3 McKinley Square
42° 21' 33" N 71° 3' 12" W
height 150 m
number of floors (above ground) 32
The tower is added to the original Greek revival temple-like structure with a sky-lit dome.
The Greek Revival base building was built between 1837 and 1847 to a design by Ammi B. Young. The doric columns are each monolithic Quincy granite.
The 32 story tower was added on top of the original Greek Revival building from 1913-1915 to the plans of Peabody and Stearns.
Initial construction (1837-1847)
Ammi B. Young (architect)
Reconfiguration (1913-1915)
Peabody & Stearns
Renovation (1997)
Jung | Brannen Associates, Inc.
A Trip Up the Tower
Wikipedia: Custom House Tower
Bross, Tom / Harris, Patricia / Lyon, David: Eyewitness Travel Guide Boston. DK Publishing, London (United Kingdom), pp. 66.