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The Flour & Grain Exchange building
is located at 177 Milk Street, just one block south of the
Custom House. The beautiful granite
structure was completed in 1892. The architectural style is Romanesque
Revival, with tiered arched windows and a conical roof at the northwest corner. The
Boston Chamber of Commerce occupied the building from 1892 to 1902, prior to
the Grain Exchange.
The plaque on the building states: "Originally a meeting hall for the
Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange was built on land donated by
streetcar magnate Henry M. Whitney and completed in 1892. Shepley, Rutan and
Coolidge designed the tiered arches and rock-faced masonry which exemplify
the Romanesque Revival style of H.H. Richardson. The sturdy walls and
elaborate design reflect an expression of financial security appropriate to
the city's commercial circles. The exterior was restored by The Beal
Companies in 1988."
A 1916 description of the building is as follows: "that unique
architecturally granite structure, irregular in plan to conform to the
limitation of its site, at the junction of India & Central Wharf, with its
rounded front carried up as a tower capped by a lofty conical roof [which
is] pierced
with high dormer windows, and [at] the corner on India Street, similarly
rounded into a small tower, now in curious contrast to its neighbor, the
reconstructed Custom House."
Nearby attractions to the Flour & Grain Exchange building include the
New England Aquarium,
Faneuil Hall, and
Quincy Market.
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Custom House
Long Wharf Hotel
Mercantile Wharf
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