Hosted the 蜜桃传媒app New England Chapter
Image: Historic New England
Meet in front of Myles Standish Hall, Boston University.
Tucked between Kenmore Square and the Charles River, Bay State Road is a frequent haunt of Red Sox fans in desperate search of game-day parking. This fascinating historic district is well worth a visit in any season, however--and is particularly charming on a Sunday in early June, when the team is on the road!
The final portion of the decades-long Back Bay landfill effort, Bay State Road was developed over the 20- year period straddling the turn of the last century. As this was a heyday of architectural eclecticism, the street presents a rich stylistic array; fine houses in the Romanesque and Beaux-Arts idioms coexist alongside distinguished examples of the Georgian, Colonial and Federal Revivals.
Several of these contain extraordinary and largely intact interiors whose inventive plans, rich ornamental details and lavish materials represent the culmination of the city rowhouse type in Boston. Designed by such luminaries as Arthur Little, William York Peters and Chapman & Frazer, these spaces are today owned and maintained by Boston University, through whose courtesy we are able to invite you (as one might say of a pitch at Fenway Park) high and inside.
This walking tour is led by William Young and a reception will follow at Eastern Standard, 775 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02215.
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