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The Wesleyan Building (est.1870) of
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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, is located on Bromfield Street in the vicinity of
Downtown Crossing
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. Architects Joseph Billings and
Hammatt Billings designed it as the headquarters of the
Methodist
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Boston Wesleyan Association.
[Proud day in Methodism]
cornerstone laying is fitly recognized; new Wesleyan building inspires speakers, Rev. Dr. Parkhurst reviews society leaders." Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 11, 1912 Tenants have included the New-England Methodist Historical Society; ''
Zion's Herald;'' Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
Boston Lyceum Bureau;
Boston Theological Seminary;
Boston University School of Law
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;
Emerson College of Oratory; and
Hudl.
[Hudl]
we just announced additional offices in Omaha, Nebraska; Boston, Massachusetts; and London, UK.
Retrieved 2015-07-20 By 1912 the Methodists had moved to a new building on Copley Square.
References
Images
Image:1873 WesleyanHall BostonDailyGlobe January18.png, Advertisement for concert by Hugo Leonhard and Julius Eichberg, Wesleyan Hall, 1873
Image:1874 WesleyanHall BostonDailyGlobe Nov13.png, Advertisement, 1874
Image:1891 EmersonCollege BromfieldSt Boston USA.png, Advertisement for Emerson College of Oratory, 1891, with views of interior
Image:1896 BromfieldSt Boston map byStadly BPL 12479 detail.png, Detail of 1896 map of Boston showing Wesleyan Hall
Image:WymansLunch BromfieldSt ca1910 Boston byDetroitPubCo LC 4a22598a detail.jpg, Bromfield Street, 1910, with glimpse of Wesleyan Hall sign
External links
* Boston Landmarks Commission. Photos, 1973:
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Wesleyan Association Building 32-38 Bromfield Street, Boston
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Wesleyan Association Building Bromfield Street
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Wesleyan Association Building Bromfield Street
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Commercial buildings completed in 1870
Financial District, Boston
Buildings and structures in Boston