Hotel Agassiz

Hotel Agassiz is a historic building in designed by Weston & Rand and built in 1872. It is located at 191 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay. The building was designed for Alexander Agassiz and his brother-in-law Henry Lee Higginson (son of George Higginson who founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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  • Type: Residential building
  • Description: building in Boston, Massachusetts, US
  • Address: 191 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02116

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Copley Square and Exeter Street Theatre.

Park
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is a public square in Boston's neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.

Theater building
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The is a Richardsonian Romanesque building at the corner of Exeter and , in the section of , . is situated 460 feet south of Hotel Agassiz.

Art gallery
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The is the oldest non-profit art association in the United States. It was founded in 1879 by the first graduating class of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and continues to play an important role in promoting its member artists and the visual arts in . is situated 710 feet southeast of Hotel Agassiz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.

Suburb
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Historical heavyweights, and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Suburb
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is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of , , United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Hotel Agassiz

Latitude
42.3518° or 42° 21′ 7″ north
Longitude
-71.08027° or 71° 4′ 49″ west
Inception
1872
Levels
6
Operator
ValueAct Capital
Open location code
87JC9W29+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 405395120
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q16892466
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