Custom House Tower, 151-meter high-rise building in Financial District, Boston, US.
The Custom House Tower features four marble and bronze clocks measuring 22 feet wide on each side of its granite-clad exterior at 496 feet height.
The original Custom House of 1847 collected import duties until 1915 when Peabody and Stearns added the tower, making it Boston's tallest structure.
The Classical Revival structure contains a grand rotunda with Vermont white marble and twelve Corinthian columns supporting a skylit dome.
The 32-floor building houses a Marriott vacation resort with 87 rooms, a maritime museum on ground level, and an observation deck on floor 26.
The tower exceeded Boston's 125-foot building height limit due to federal ownership, reaching 496 feet when completed in 1915.
Location: Boston
Inception: 1915
Architects: Peabody and Stearns, Ammi B. Young
Official opening: 1915
Floors above the ground: 32
Height: 151 m
GPS coordinates: 42.35907,-71.05337
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:53
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