The Winthrop Building is an historic

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at 7 Water Street (intersection with Washington Street) in Boston, Massachusetts. The nine story brick and terracotta building was designed by Clarence H. Blackall in the Renaissance Revival style, and has the distinction of being the first skyscraper in the city to have been constructed with a steel frame.Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System

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. Accessed 2015-08-29. Completed in 1894, it was originally known as the Carter Building, but was renamed the Winthrop Building in 1899 after the Puritan Governor John Winthrop, whose second house was located adjacent to the site. Prominent past tenants include Landscape Architect

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in the 1920s and the Boston offices of the

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. The building was added to the

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in 1974, and was designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2016.Boston Landmarks Commission Names Roxbury’s Kittredge House and Downtown’s Winthrop-Carter Building Boston Landmarks
Historic Boston Incorporated. January 19, 2016. Accessed 2016-06-01.

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Commercial buildings completed in 1894 Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Skyscraper office buildings in Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston {{Boston-struct-stub

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