{"nrhp_refnum":"80000448","name":"Dill Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11-25 Stuart St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.35111812500003,"lon":-71.06348207299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick commercial loft building at 11-25 Stuart Street in Boston's Theatre area, built in two identical sections in 1886-1887 and 1887-1888.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine example of the simple, well-proportioned brick loft buildings constructed in the Beach/Kneeland/Knapp Street area in the last two decades of the 19th century. It also complements Jacob Wirth's and reinforces the six-story building height common along Stuart and Kneeland Streets. It is part of a multiple resource area tied to Boston's music and theater industries.","narrative":"Rising six stories at the corner of Stuart Street in Boston, this brick loft building was constructed in two identical, symmetrical sections over about three years, between 1886 and 1888. A two-story metal storefront with engaged French columns sits below four brick upper stories, where rectangular and segmental-headed windows are organized into eight bays by wide pilasters. Corbelled cornices and two small stepped parapets bearing a letter D and the building dates complete the facade. Building inspector's records name A.S. Drisko, a lesser-known Boston architect who also designed the Emerson Piano Factory and many Back Bay residences, as architect of the second section. Open floor plans suggest manufacturing use, and later occupants included a maker of leather coats and other clothing firms. The building is valued as a good example of simple late 19th-century brick lofts and for reinforcing the six-story scale and visual character of the streetscape near Jacob Wirth's.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: A.S. Drisko (documented for #11-17; probably also #19-25); Builders: W.S. & G.N. Miller","architectural_style":"19th century brick commercial loft building","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition and storefront alteration boxes are unreadable; storefronts are noted as covered with modern sheathing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.015426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7927/63792745/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000448.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000448/6464b0d3d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000448/6464b0d3d1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Biruitorul","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DillBldg.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Biruitorul</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DillBldg.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792745","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5276845"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/dill-building-80000448/"}