Hayden Building

The Hayden Building is a historic building at 681-683 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The building was built in 1875 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Designed to act as commercial retail space, this four story brownstone building shows little of the ornamentation normally associated with Henry Hobson Richardson. It is, however, the last remaining commercial retail building built by Richardson in Boston. The building is in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. The five story Richardsonian Romanesque building was built on a very narrow lot. It is constructed of Longmeadow brownstone and is sparsely detailed with granite lintels and arches. This building was not recorded as a Henry Hobson Richardson...