Owner/Developer: Millennium Partners - Boston
Architect: CBT Architects
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Preservation Consultant: MacRostie Historic Advisors

Known as The Albany Building, 179 Lincoln Street was designed by the well known Boston architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns and built by Norcross Brothers in 1899. The five-story Beaux Arts mercantile structure occupies an entire city block, is constructed of steel framing and terra cotta slabs with masonry exterior, and is adorned with iron piers with Adamesque decorative details.  Originally occupied by the United Machinery Company and Frank W. Whitcher Co., it is formally recognized as a contributing building to the historic Leather District.

Owned by Millennium Partners-Boston, extensive renova- tion work by CBT Architects was begun in 2007.  The restoration project favored the Rose Kennedy Greenway by reorienting the entrance from Lincoln Street to face the new Greenway, thus removing the unsightly loading docks from the important front façade.  The building’s owners complied with the City of Boston’s Article 37, Green Building initiative and Article 32, ground water recharge requirements and has applied to the US Green Building Council for LEED certification.

The National Park Service has recognized 179 Lincoln Street as a significant contributing building to the Leather District and it was restored under Park Service guidelines.  It has received its Part 3 certification from the Park Service.  Millennium Partners-Boston has granted a preservation easement to Historic Boston Incorporated, ensuring that the building will be maintained with no significant changes to its façade or building envelope. 

Photo courtesy of Millennium Partners - Boston