Harvard Art Museums > 3.2002.1529: Government, City: United States. Massachusetts. Boston: Heights of Buildings, Boston: Height Districts - Boston: Boston has been divided into two districts - District A and District B Archival Material Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Government, City: United States. Massachusetts. Boston: Heights of Buildings, Boston: Height Districts - Boston: Boston has been divided into two districts - District A and District B (Sampson & Murdock Co.) , 3.2002.1529,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/154003. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 3.2002.1529 People Sampson & Murdock Co. Title Government, City: United States. Massachusetts. Boston: Heights of Buildings, Boston: Height Districts - Boston: Boston has been divided into two districts - District A and District B Other Titles Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection Classification Archival Material Work Type map Date c. 1903 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/154003 Physical Descriptions Technique Photomechanical print Dimensions image: 23.4 x 17.9 cm (9 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: In District A, the business section of the city, buildings may not exceed 125 feet in height. In District B, the residential area of the city, buildings may not exceed 80 feet in height except on thoroughfares over 64 feet in width. On such streets, buildings may be erected to a height equal to 1 1/4 times the width of the street, but no building in District B may be erected to a greater height than 80 feet unless its width on each and every abutting public street is at least one-half of its height. No building, however, in either District A or District B may be of great height than 2 1/2 times the width of the widest abutting street. This districting has been done under authority of a special act of the legislature through the agency of a commission appointed for the purpose. The regulations have been upheld by the highest court, both of the State and of the United States. (Welch v. Swasey, 214 U.S. 91, 29 Sup. Ct. 567, decided May 17, 1909). (Source: Report of the Heights of Buildings Commission.... New York, 1913, p. 32) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection Accession Year 2011 Object Number 3.2002.1529 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Subjects and Contexts The Social Museum Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
