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Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Company building
United States historic place From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Company building is a historic utility company building at 25–39 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The seven-story Beaux Arts building was constructed in 1906 to a design by Winslow & Bigelow and enlarged in 1922 to a design by Bigelow & Wadsworth. It served as the headquarters of the Boston Edison Illuminating Company until the 1950s. It is an early skyscraper with Beaux Arts detailing and made of limestone.[2]
In 1980 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places;[1] in 1984 it was purchased to become the home of Saint Francis House.
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