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A Boston Landmark is a designation by the Boston Landmarks Commission for historic buildings and sites throughout the city of based on the grounds that it has historical, social, cultural, architectural or aesthetic significance to New England or the United States. While National Landmark or National Register status can provide tax incentives for the owner of an income-producing property, local landmark status provides more control over modifications to a designated historic structure or place.


Criteria
For a group to start a designation procedure, they first meet with Boston Landmarks Commission staff to discuss the petition process. Once a complete petition is submitted, a preliminary hearing is scheduled to determine if the Commission will accept the petition for further study. If the Commission accepts the petition, the building or site is added to the pending Landmarks list. Preparation of a study report on the proposed Landmark is the next step. A public hearing process follows to present the draft study report. A 2/3 majority vote of the Commission is necessary for a property to be designated as a Boston Landmark. The decision must then be confirmed by the Mayor of Boston and by the Boston City Council. The Boston Landmarks Commission determines if a property is eligible for landmark status based on whether it
  1. Is a site that represents some important aspect of cultural, political, economic, military, or social history
  2. Is a site that has a significant association with an outstanding historic person
  3. Is a notable work of an influential architect, landscape architect, designer, or builder
  4. Represents elements of design with distinctive characteristics of a period, style or method of construction or development.

Once designated, any proposed alterations must be reviewed and approved by the Boston Landmarks Commission.


Recent designations
In 2016, a commissioner submitted a petition to the Boston Landmarks Commission to designate the above , when its support building at 660 Beacon Street was in the process of being sold by Boston University. The petition was accepted and the sign is a pending Landmark, with research for the study report underway. Twelve landmarks were added in 2024.

A number of sites have remained pending since the 1980s. Pending and Designated Landmarks , file, Retrieved September 8, 2018


Demolished Boston Landmarks
The 1840 house in Dorchester was granted landmark status in 1977. It was destroyed by fire in 1982.


List of designated Boston Landmarks
20–30 Bromfield Street20–30 Bromfield Street1983
39 & 41 Princeton Street (Stephen Huse Whidden House & Joseph Henry Stephenson House) Architectural Conservation DistrictEast Boston1991
5–7 Broad Street5–7 Broad Street1983
Aberdeen Architectural Conservation DistrictBrighton2001
Adams-Nervine Asylum990–1020 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain1977
Alvah Kittredge House10 Linwood Street, Roxbury2016
Arlington Street Church355 Boylston Street, Back Bay1978
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets97–105 Arlington Street1977
Austin Block90–92 Main Street, Charlestown1981
Back Bay FensThe Fenway1983
Batterymarch Building54 Battermarch Street, 1995
Bay State Road / Back Bay West Architectural Conservation DistrictBay State Road1979
Bay Village Architectural Conservation DistrictBay Village1983
Blackstone Block Street NetworkBlackstone Block1983
Boston City Hall1 City Hall Square2025
Beacon Street1977
Boston Young Men's Christian Union Building48 Boylston Street, Theater District1977
Boylston Building2 Boylston Street, Theater District1977
670 Baker Street, West Roxbury1977
Burrage House137 Beacon Street, Back Bay1992
Charles River EsplanadeBeacon Hill / Back Bay2009
Charles River Speedway Administration Building1420–1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton2013
Charlestown Savings Bank Building1–4 Thompson Square, Charlestown1981
Christian Science Center ComplexFenway2011
Church Green Buildings101–103,105–113 Summer Street1979
Commonwealth Avenue MallBack Bay1977
Cox Building1–7 Dudley Street, Roxbury1980
Donald McKay House80 White Street, East Boston1977
Dorchester North Burying GroundColumbia Road, Dorchester1981
Dorchester Pottery Works101–105 Victory Road, Dorchester1980
Ebenezer Hancock HouseMarshall Street1978
Edward Everett House16 Harvard Street, Charlestown1996
Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore and Circulating Library13–15 West Street2011
Eustis Street Architectural Conservation DistrictRoxbury1981
Exchange Building53 State Street1980
1–10 Faneuil Hall Square1994
Federal Reserve Bank30 Pearl Street1978
Fort Point Channel Landmark DistrictSouth Boston2008
Fowler-Clark Farm487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan2006
Franklin ParkRoxbury1980
George Milliken House44 Virginia Street, Dorchester2007
Gibson House (Interior)187 Beacon Street, Back Bay1992
Harrison Loring House789 East Broadway, South Boston1984
Hayden Building681 Washington Street, Theater District1977
International Trust Company Building45 Milk Street1978
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum280 The Fenway2013
Jacob Wirth Buildings31–39 Stuart Street, Theater District1977
James Blake House210 East Cottage Street, Dorchester1978
James Michael Curley House350 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain1989
Lewis–Dawson Farmhouse at the 1090 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain2007
Liberty Tree Building628–636 Washington Street, Theater District1985
Loring–Greenough House12 South Street, Jamaica Plain1999
Malcolm X – Ella Little-Collins House72 Dale Street, Roxbury1998
McCormack Post Office and Courthouse5 Post Office Square1998
Mission Church ComplexMission Hill2004
Modern Theatre523–525 Washington Street2002
North Market (Quincy Market)Faneuil Hall Market Place2024
Oak Square School35 Nonantum Street, Brighton1979
Old State House208 Washington Street1994
Paramount Theater549–563 Washington Street, Theater District1984
Proctor Building100–106 Bedford Street1983
Public GardenBeacon Street1977
Faneuil Hall Market Place1996
South End Landmark DistrictSouth End1983
South Market (Quincy Market)Faneuil Hall Market Place2024
St. Botolph Street Architectural Conservation DistrictSt. Botolph Street1981
St. Gabriel's Monastery Building159 Washington Street, Brighton1989
Theodore Parker Unitarian Church1851 Centre Street, West Roxbury1985
Trinity Neighborhood House406 Meridian Street, East Boston1981
Charles River1985
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building140 Federal Street1983
Vienna Brewery Complex133 Halleck & 37 Station, Roxbury1999
250 Tremont Street, Theater District1987
William Monroe Trotter House97 Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester1977


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