Tag: massachusetts
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One Framingham Centre
Framingham, MA, 1974 by Hughes and MacCarthy This pair of two story commercial buildings sits just outside of Framingham Center. Made of muted brick and concrete, the tone and materials are meant to mimic the historic surroundings of the nearby common. The complex was originally designed around a landscaped courtyard anchored by a late 19th…
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New England Power Service Company
Computer & Accounting Center Westborough, MA, 1963 by Anderson, Beckwith & Haible The former home of the New England Power Service Co. (now part of National Grid) and later BJs Wholesale Club, this massive three building complex now sits vacant overlooking Route 9 and the Westborough/Southborough border. The complex consists of three interconnected structures on…
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Worcester Road Fire Station
Framingham, MA, 1969 by Hughes and MacCarthy In the late 1960s, change was coming to Framingham Center. Improvements to Route 9 had resulted in the destruction of the Northern edge of the town’s colonial center. At the same time, the city had commissioned a three bay fire station just down the street. This station, designed…
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Centros House
Framingham, MA, 1984 by August Associates Despite its name, Centros House is a six story, 166,500 square foot office building located on Old Connecticut Path in Framingham. The name comes from the British developer of the site, Centros Properties, continuing the English tradition of naming important office buildings ‘House’. The black steel and glass upper…
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Speen Street Office Buildings
Framingham, MA 1976-1980 by Hughes and MacCarthy This stalwart collection of modern office buildings began as a single headquarters for the Consolidated Group Trust insurance company in 1976 by the Framingham-based firm Hughes and MacCarthy. The site was chosen for its visibility from the Massachusetts Turnpike and significant regrading was done to lift the building…
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Point West Place
Framingham, MA, 1985 by Robert AM Stern This year at MetroWest Modern we are broadening the scope of our project to take a look at Modern architecture’s successor, Postmodernism. While we’ll still focus primarily on Modernism, it’s hard to ignore the rich history of Postmodern architecture that runs through the region. No building represents this…
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Saxonville Branch Library
Framingham, MA, 1963, by Richmond & Goldberg Though no official record exists, library service in Saxonville dates back to at least the mid-19th century when industrialist Michael Simpson donated a room above a drug store at the corner of Danforth and Concord streets for a public reading room. The city of Framingham would take over…
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Roxbury Carpet Company Office Building
Framingham, MA, 1948 by Milton Koelb of Anderson-Nichols The idea of a mill at the Sudbury River falls in Saxonville is as old as European settlement in the region itself, but the current iteration dates back to 1824. It was originally built as a wool mill before being taken over by Michael Simpson for his…
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Carousel Office Park
Framingham, MA, 1971, 1978 by Beckstoffer and Associates A lesser known development by famous developer Gerald Hines, the Carousel Office Park consists of one massive structure broken up into three connected buildings. The structure was originally built with only two, but a third building for office space was added less than ten years later. All…
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Center Pumping Station
Framingham, MA, 1966 As one of 43 sewer pumping stations in the city, this small yellow brick building off of Route 9 plays an important role in keeping Framingham healthy and clean. At these sites throughout the city sewage is collected and actively pumped to higher ground so it can flow by gravity to the…