Leather District Historic Lofts

The Bedford Building stands out with its intricate terracotta facade, featuring detailed relief work that wraps around the corner of the structure. Designed by the firm Winslow and Bigelow and completed in nineteen oh four, it originally…

The cast-iron storefront at sixty-eight through seventy-four South Street holds up an expanse of granite and brick that once hummed with the trade of animal hides. When this building rose in eighteen ninety-nine, the Leather District…

The building at one hundred three South Street features a distinct, rounded corner turret wrapped in rust-colored brick and heavy stone trim. This structure rose in eighteen ninety-nine, designed by the firm Peabody and Stearns to serve as…

The brick facade of the former Marquis Leathers building features heavy stone lintels and a cast iron storefront that marks it as a relic of Boston’s nineteenth century tanning industry. During the eighteen nineties, this block functioned…

Utica Street remains paved with original granite cobblestones that once groaned under the weight of horse-drawn carts. When the city leveled the area to expand the rail yards in the eighteen nineties, they built these massive brick…

The building at one hundred seventy-nine Lincoln Street stands out with its heavy, rusticated granite base and the distinct, oversized arched windows lining the ground floor. It was built in eighteen ninety-nine as a shoe warehouse, back…

The stainless steel exterior of the South Street Diner stands out against the brick and stone of the surrounding Leather District. Built in nineteen forty-six by the Worcester Lunch Car Company, this diner moved to its present location on…

Seven seventeen Atlantic Avenue stands out with its heavy granite facade and the repeating rhythm of arched windows climbing five stories high. Built in eighteen ninety-nine, the building served as a storage house for the bustling shoe and…