Moreland Street Historic District

Moreland Street Historic District
Moreland Street and Blue Hill Avenue
Moreland Street Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Moreland Street Historic District
Moreland Street Historic District is located in the United States
Moreland Street Historic District
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°19′25″N 71°4′48″W / 42.32361°N 71.08000°W / 42.32361; -71.08000
Area63 acres (25 ha)
Built1850
ArchitectBradlee, N.J.; Besarick, J.H., et al.
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.84002890 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1984

The Moreland Street Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Kearsarge, Blue Hill Avenues, and Warren, Waverly, and Winthrop Streets in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It encompasses 63 acres (25 ha) of predominantly residential urban streetscape, which was developed between about 1840 and 1920. Housing types represent a cross-section of architectural styles from the period, including Second Empire, Italianate, and Queen Anne style. It is a fairly well-preserved grouping in an area where many sections have been negatively affected by urban blight and redevelopment. One notable house is at 130 Warren Street: it is the only house in the district built out of Roxbury puddingstone. That building is currently under study as a pending landmark for the Boston Landmarks Commission.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Moreland Street Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 18, 2014.