YWCA Boston building (Clarendon Street)

The YWCA Boston building is a historic building located at 140 Clarendon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 13-story brick-faced steel-frame building was designed by George F. Shepard and Frederic Stearns, and built in 1929.[2] The building once housed an indoor swimming pool and recreation facilities for the YWCA Boston; it is now operated by Clarendon Residences LLC, which provides affordable and market-rate housing, the boutique hotel Hotel 140, facilities for the Lyric Stage of Boston and Snowden International High School, and corporate offices for several small and mid-sized for-profit and not-for-profit tenants.

YWCA Boston
YWCA on Clarendon Street
Location140 Clarendon St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′55.06″N 71°4′27.74″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1929
ArchitectShepard, George F.& Frederic Stearns; Root, Henry
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.04000119 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 3, 2004

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts

References

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