Harriswood Crescent

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Harriswood Crescent
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Location60–88 Harold St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′6.2″N71°5′20.7″W / 42.318389°N 71.089083°W / 42.318389; -71.089083 Coordinates: 42°19′6.2″N71°5′20.7″W / 42.318389°N 71.089083°W / 42.318389; -71.089083
Arealess than one acre
Built1890
Architect J. Williams Beal
Architectural styleOld English Style
NRHP reference No. 86000375 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1986

Harriswood Crescent is a historic series of rowhouses at 60-88 Harold Street in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It consists of 15 units designed by J. Williams Beal and built in 1890. The Tudor Revival buildings are remarkably unaltered, and retain their park-like setting. They are 2+12-story structures, built out of stone, brick, and stucco with half-timbering. The layout is a modern echo of a style propounded by Charles Bulfinch, most visible in Boston's Tontine Crescent. [2]

The crescent was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Harriswood Crescent". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-16.