Fort Point Channel Historic District
Historic district in Massachusetts, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fort Point Channel Historic District is an historic district located along Congress, Summer and A streets in South Boston on the south side of Fort Point Channel.
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Fort Point Channel Historic District | |
Location | Necco Court, Thomson Place, A, Binford, Congress, Farnsworth, Melcher, Midway, Sleeper, Stillings, Summer Sts., Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°21′4″N 71°3′2″W |
Area | 55 acres (22 ha) |
Built | 1836 |
Architect | Safford, Morton; et al. |
Architectural style | Italianate, Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 04000959[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 10, 2004 |
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The district includes the Boston Children's Museum (pictured, right), located in a renovated 19th-century brick industrial building, and the Boston Fire Museum, housed in the 1891 Congress Street Fire Station.