Where Would You Find This Column and These Windows? Let's Play Attention to Detail

Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston.

Here are some hints:

• This residence is located in a lesser-known historic district.
• The building has a very unusual feature that will catch your attention.
• It is surrounded by tax exempt properties.
• It is close to Kenmore Square.

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.

 

 

• The column and windows in the last clue are on 52 Bay State Road built in 1913.
• It was designed by Dorchester architect Murdock Boyle.
• This residence is located in the The Bay State Road/Back Bay West Area Architectural Conservation District.
• Many of the surrounding properties are owned by Boston University.
• Here is a real estate video tour of the interior.
• This building makes brilliant use of an unusual wedge-shaped lot.

 

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino

Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.