Goldsmith Block
- Year
- 1892
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Boston, MA
The Goldsmith Block is a four-story orange brick apartment building at 41 Ruggles Street / 746–750 Shawmut Avenue in Boston, built in 1892 by Samuel Goldsmith to a design by Cornelius Russell, a regionally notable designer of apartment blocks. It is one of a small number of 19th-century buildings in the area to survive a 1960s urban redevelopment project, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
the building
Restrained classical and Romanesque trim. The orange brick facade combines restrained Classical Revival elements with Romanesque touches, a mix typical of Cornelius Russell's apartment block designs of the period.
the style
The building's blend of Classical Revival and Romanesque detailing is kept deliberately restrained, in keeping with its role as a speculative apartment block rather than a showpiece civic building.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Cornelius Russell was a regionally notable designer of apartment blocks; the Goldsmith Block, built for developer Samuel Goldsmith in 1892, is cited here as an example of his work.
significance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007; one of a small number of 19th-century buildings in the area to survive a 1960s urban redevelopment project.
nearby
- Dearborn School
- Alvah Kittredge House
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England
- New England Conservatory/Jordan Hall (ext&int)
- Boston Young Men's Christian Association
- Symphony Hall