{"nrhp_refnum":"12000099","name":"Terminal Storage Warehouse District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"267-281 Medford St., 40 & 50 Terminal St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.380833,"lon":-71.061667,"geom_source":"wikidata"},"listed_date":"2012-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of three red brick industrial warehouse buildings on the Mystic River waterfront in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts: two eight-story Terminal Wharf buildings (1910-1911) at 40 and 50 Terminal Street and the six-story Terminal Storage Building (1912-1913) at 267-281 Medford Street.","why_significant":"The three buildings are described as rare survivors of the period when railroads and ships were the main way goods moved in and out of Boston. They are utilitarian Classical Revival warehouses that show two construction types, reinforced concrete and heavy-timber mill construction, chosen to meet Boston's building code and market demands. Together they form a coherent, intact group of early 20th-century industrial buildings.","narrative":"Three red brick warehouses stand on the south side of the Mystic River in Charlestown, Boston, on land once part of the large Boston & Lowell (later Boston & Maine) rail yards. Two eight-story Terminal Wharf buildings, built in 1910 and 1911, use reinforced concrete with mushroom columns and open floors, a fireproof system suited to storage and manufacturing. A six-story Terminal Storage Building, completed in 1912-1913, uses older heavy-timber mill construction. Boston's building code, which required fireproof construction for buildings over six stories, explains the difference. All have brick pilasters, segmental arches and concrete trim in a plain Classical Revival manner. Engineers Warren and Gerrish are credited with the design. Much of the surrounding waterfront industry has been replaced by a school, playing fields, housing and parking lots, so these buildings are rare survivors of the era when rail and ship carried goods through Boston. The district was recognized for its architecture and its role in industry between 1910 and 1962.","period_of_significance":"1910-1962","architect_builder":"Warren and Gerrish (engineers)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use, though the description says the Terminal Wharf buildings are subdivided and finished for multiple warehouse, retail, commercial and office tenants.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:52.03619-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7969/63796941/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/12000099.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000099/331679f312-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000099/331679f312-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BostonMA_TerminalStorageWarehouseDistrict.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BostonMA_TerminalStorageWarehouseDistrict.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796941","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Storage_Warehouse_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7702694"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/terminal-storage-warehouse-district-12000099/"}