The John W. McCormack State Office Building, also referred to by its address 1 Ashburton Place, is a high-rise building adjacent to the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. The building stands at 302 feet (98 m) with 22 floors.[2] Construction began in 1972 and was completed in 1975. It is incorrectly listed as the 36th-tallest building in Boston. The architectural firm who designed the building was Hoyle, Doran & Berry.[3] The McCormack Building is notable because of its distinctive black and white façade.
Tenants
Some tenants of the office block include:
- Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
- Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
- Office of the Comptroller
- Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance
- Executive Office of Education
- Massachusetts Department of Higher Education[4]
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services and Security
- Office of the Commissioner of Probation
- Massachusetts State Police H-1 Government Center Barracks[5]
See also
References
- ^ "McCormack Building". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/mccormack-building/9813
- ^ Engineering News-Record 1972: 46. New York.
- ^ "Contact Us". Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "State Police Government Center Barracks". Mass.gov. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. n.d. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
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