Leather District

Leather District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Corner of South Street & Beach Street
Location	Boston, MA
Built	1883
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	83004098 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 21, 1983

The Leather District is a neighborhood of Boston near South Street, between the Financial District and Chinatown. The Leather District (occasionally referred to as the "LD") is a tightly defined area bounded by Kneeland Street to the south, Essex Street to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the east and Lincoln Street to the west. It is so named due to the dominance of the leather industry in the late 19th century.