Humboldt Avenue Historic District

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Humboldt Avenue Historic District
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Location249, 257, 259 Humboldt Ave. and 79-83, 94 Hutchings St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′40″N71°5′28″W / 42.31111°N 71.09111°W / 42.31111; -71.09111 Coordinates: 42°18′40″N71°5′28″W / 42.31111°N 71.09111°W / 42.31111; -71.09111
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 100007147 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2021

The Humboldt Avenue Historic District is a historic district encompassing a cluster of multifamily brick buildings in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Humboldt Avenue and Hutchings Street, the area was developed in 1915-16 during a major Jewish migration, and includes a fine sample of Colonial Revival architecture. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. [1]

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Description and history

Humboldt Avenue and Hutchings Street run through a residential area northeast of Boston's Franklin Park and west of Blue Hill Avenue. The historic district includes six buildings clustered at their junction, which are differentiated from the surrounding residences by their construction. All six are multistory brick apartment houses, while the surrounding buildings are wood frame single and multifamily structures. All exhibit Colonial Revival styling, and generally feature brick walls with stone trim features; some of the buildings have a stucco finish laid over the brickwork. [2]

The Humboldt Avenue area had originally been developed around 1900 with a series of wood-frame residences. Beginning about 1910, a major migration of Jews from Boston's North End and the adjacent city of Chelsea began, spurred by the extension of electrified streetcar service, and a major 1908 fire in Chelsea which left more than 15,000 Jews homeless. The first of the six buildings in the district to be built was 79-83 Hutchings Street, which was completed in 1915. The others were built soon after, with all six completed by then end of 1916. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Weekly listing". National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for Humbold Avenue Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2021-12-08.