Boston Building, Renaissance Revival commercial building in downtown Denver, United States.
The Boston Building is a nine-story, 35-meter structure at 828 17th Street, on the corner of East 17th and Champa. Its exterior combines Renaissance Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque elements and is clad in Manitou red sandstone. It now holds 158 apartment lofts and 9,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
Built in 1890 by architects Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul, it was the first modern office building in Denver's financial district. Its construction represented a turning point in how the city's commercial architecture would develop.
The building demonstrates how older commercial structures now shape residential living in downtown Denver through conversion into lofts. This transformation has created spaces where residents experience contemporary life within historical walls.
The building is centrally located in downtown Denver and easy to reach on foot, with its distinctive red sandstone facade making it simple to spot. Visitors can admire the architecture from the street and explore the retail spaces on the ground floor.
The corner vaults of the original office building were kept when it was converted into lofts in 1998, and they now serve as vestibules for the corner apartments. Some units still have the heavy vault doors on the outer vestibule.
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