Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue, Colonial Revival apartment building in Mattapan, Boston, US
The buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue are three-story Colonial Revival apartment blocks of brick masonry, designed by Samuel Levy and built in 1924. They stand on a triangular lot at Blue Hill Avenue and Calder Street, with alternating projecting and recessed bays on both street facades, seven-course Flemish bond brickwork, and concrete corner quoining. The main entrances on Blue Hill Avenue are sheltered by gabled porticos on Tuscan columns.
These buildings were constructed in 1924 by architect Samuel Levy for developer Herman Barron. They emerged during a period when Jewish families relocated from downtown Boston to this newly developing neighborhood.
The buildings' name comes from their address on Blue Hill Avenue, at the corner of Calder Street in Mattapan. The main entrances on Blue Hill Avenue sit under gabled porticos carried by Tuscan columns, and the corner faces are trimmed with concrete quoining. The complex was built in 1924 for Herman Barron, when Jewish families were moving from downtown Boston into this part of the city.
The complex occupies a triangular lot at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Calder Street, with the main entrances set on the Blue Hill Avenue side under gabled porticos on Tuscan columns. The corner itself is cut into two single-bay faces, one of which holds an entrance.
The corner of the triangular lot is cut into two single-bay facades, one of which holds an entrance, and both are trimmed with concrete quoining. The main entrances on Blue Hill Avenue sit under gabled porticos carried by Tuscan columns. The buildings joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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