Dudley Station Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

on Washington, Warren, and Dudley Streets in the Roxbury neighborhood of

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, United States. The central feature of the district is Dudley Square station (now

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), a Beaux Arts/French Renaissance structure designed by

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and built by the

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(BERy, a predecessor of the

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) in 1901. It is one of the best-preserved BERy stations remaining. The district was added to the

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in 1985. File:Dudley and Warren Street, Roxbury MA.jpg, Dudley and Warren Streets File:Palladio Hall building, full, Roxbury MA.jpg, Palladio Hall File:Building on Warren Street, Roxbury MA.jpg, Warren Street

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Historic districts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Roxbury, Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts {{Boston-NRHP-stub

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