Boston College Main Campus Historic District
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Boston College Main Campus Historic District located at 140 Commonwealth Avenue in the village of Chestnut Hill
in Newton
, Massachusetts
was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on .
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity, but unlike most of them, it encompasses parts of three separate municipalities, each of...
in Newton
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on .
National Register listing
- Boston College Main Campus Historic District
- (added 1990 - District - #90000109)
- 140 Commonwealth Ave., Newton
- Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Charles Donagh MaginnisCharles Donagh MaginnisConsidered the father of American Gothic architecture, Charles Donagh Maginnis was born in County Londonderry, Ireland on January 7, 1867. He was educated in Dublin, emigrated to Boston at age 18 and got his first job apprenticing for architect Edmund M. Wheelwright as a draftsman. In 1900 he...
- Architectural Style: Other
- Area of Significance: Architecture, Community Planning And Development
- Period of Significance: 1900-1924
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Education
- Historic Sub-function: College
- Current Function: Education
- Current Sub-function: College