United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building (Boston, Massachusetts)

USA / Massachusetts / Boston / Boston, Massachusetts / Federal Street, 160
 office building, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Art Deco (architecture), 1930_construction
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The United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building is a historic office building at 160 Federal Street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. The steel-frame skyscraper has 24 stories and a penthouse, and was built in 1929–1930 to a design by George W. Fuller and Parker, Thomas & Rice for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. It is one of Boston's finest Art Deco buildings, including an elaborately decorated lobby. It was built for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, which at the time controlled 98% of the nation's shoe machinery business.
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Coordinates:   42°21'14"N   71°3'20"W
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