Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block
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Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block is an historic building at 38-68 and 70-72 Cornhill in Boston, Massachusetts. It is adjacent to City Hall
and City Hall Plaza
, Government Center, Boston.
Sears' Crescent was constructed in 1816, and Sears Block in 1848. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1986.
Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of Boston, Massachusetts. Architecturally, it is an example of the brutalist style. It was designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles...
and City Hall Plaza
City Hall Plaza (Boston)
City Hall Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, is a large, open, unadorned public space in the Government Center area of the city. The architectural firm Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles designed the plaza in 1962 to accompany Boston's new City Hall. The multi-level, irregularly-shaped plaza consists of red...
, Government Center, Boston.
Sears' Crescent was constructed in 1816, and Sears Block in 1848. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986.
See also
- City Hall PlazaCity Hall Plaza (Boston)City Hall Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, is a large, open, unadorned public space in the Government Center area of the city. The architectural firm Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles designed the plaza in 1962 to accompany Boston's new City Hall. The multi-level, irregularly-shaped plaza consists of red...
- Cornhill, BostonCornhill, BostonCornhill was a street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th-20th centuries, located on the site of the current City Hall Plaza in Government Center. It was named in 1829; previously it was known as Market Street . In its time, it comprised a busy part of the city near Brattle Street, Court Street...
- David Sears (America)