Easton Building, a beaux arts landmark at 15 State Street, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, United States National Park Sevice, Boston, Mass., 2012

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Date

2012

GUSN

GUSN-304274

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Boston - State Street
Easton Building, a beaux arts landmark at 15 State Street, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, United States National Park Sevice, Boston, Mass., 2012
(current record)

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
- Geographic locations
  - Massachusetts
    - Boston - State Street
      - Paper warehouse, Stationary [sic] & Account Books, Thomas Groom & Co.
      - India Building, State Street, Boston
      - S. Thaxter & Son, Importers of and Dealers in Nautical & Surveying Instruments, Charts, Nautical Books, &c., 125 State St. corner of Broad St., Boston
      - East View of State Street, Boston
      - East view of State Street, Boston
      - State Street in 1770 and State Street in 1855
      - State Street, as decorated for the Railroad Jubilee
      - Brazer's Building, State Street, Boston, Mass., 1856
      - Easton Building, a beaux arts landmark at 15 State Street, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, United States National Park Sevice, Boston, Mass., 2012 (current record)

Description

Text at the bottom of the poster reads "Developed by Stephanie Weyer and Aaron Ahlstrom, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, 2012." The Ames family, from Easton, Massachusetts, made their fortune in shovels for the transcontinental railroad and other ventures. Features of the Easton Building's beaux arts style, designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, are described in individual photographs. Background on the family and the architectural firm is included in the poster.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
historic buildings
commercial buildings
Beaux-Arts (style)
landmark buildings
posters

Physical Description

1 poster

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3050.009

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Weyer, Stephanie (Author)
Ahlstrom, Aaron (Author)
Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.) (Publisher)
Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge (Architect)

Material Type

posters

Other People

Ames, Frederick L. (Frederick Lothrop), 1835-1893

Other Organizations

Ames family

Subjects

Architectural photography
State Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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