| 词条 | Bedford Block |
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| nrhp_type = | image = Bedford Building Boston.jpg | caption = | location= Boston, Massachusetts | coordinates = {{coord|42|21|11.44|N|71|3|29.04|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Boston#Massachusetts#USA | area = | built =1875 | architect= Charles Amos Cummings; Willard T. Sears | architecture= Venetian Gothic | added = August 21, 1979 | governing_body = Private | refnum=79000368[1] }} The Bedford Block is an historic commercial building at 99 Bedford Street Boston, Massachusetts in an area called Church Green. Built in 1875 in a style promoted by John Ruskin called Venetian Gothic. The style may also be referred to as Ruskinian Gothic.[2] It was designed by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears for Henry and Francis Lee [3] as a retail shoe center in an area that had been destroyed by the Great Boston Fire of 1872.[4] The building was added to the National Historic Register in 1979. Building was renovated in 1983 in conjunction with the Bay-Bedford Company.[2] The Bedford Block's exterior is constructed of polychromatic bands of New Brunswick red granite, Tuckahoen marble, and pressed terra-cotta panels manufactured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2][5] It was the first building after the Great Fire to use New Brunswick red granite as a material.[4] The first floor features rough rustic blocks. Upper floor details include arched bay windows, Viollet-le-Duc inspired iron balconets[4] and flat column pilasters.[2] Each roof gable is topped with a finial crown.[2] There is a glazed tile clock is located in a 5-story tower at the corner of Bedford and Summer streets. See also
Footnotes1. ^{{NRISref|2008a}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |author1=Susan Southworth |author2=Michael Southworth |title=AIA Guide to Boston |year=2008 |publisher=Globe Pequot |edition=3rd |location=Guilford, CT |isbn=978-0-7627-4337-7 }} 3. ^{{cite book |editor=Morgan, Keith N.|author=Richard M. Candee|author2=Naomi Miller |title=Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston. |year=2009 |publisher=University of Virginia Press|pages=71 |isbn=978-0-8139-2709-1|display-authors=etal}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book |author1=Mary Melvin Petronella |author2=Edward W. Gordon |title=Victorian Boston today: twelve walking tours |year=2004 |publisher=UPNE|pages=58 |isbn=978-1-55553-605-3}} 5. ^{{cite book |editor=Morgan, Keith N.|author=Richard M. Candee|author2=Naomi Miller |title=Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston. |year=2009 |publisher=University of Virginia Press|pages=72 |isbn=978-0-8139-2709-1|display-authors=etal}} References{{Refbegin}}
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