This five-story limestone-faced building occupies a prominent position on Commonwealth Avenue near the south end of the BU Bridge. It was designed by the prolific architect Albert Kahn, a noted designer of industrial buildings, and built in 1927 for the Cadillac Auto Company. It is one of the few Boston-area buildings designed by Kahn, who did extensive work designing automobile-related industrial facilities in the American Midwest. This building stood at what was then a gateway position leading to a row of automotive dealerships along Commonwealth Avenue, and was designed to be a local flagship showroom for the luxury Cadillac line.[2] It gets its name from Peter D. Fuller, president of the Cadillac Automobile Company of Boston.[3] It ceased to be a car showroom in 1978, when Fuller closed his dealership, citing high overhead costs.[4] It was purchased by Boston University the following year.[5] In 2020 the building became home to the Howard Thurman Center, a center for student life at BU.[6]
peter, fuller, building, historic, commercial, building, located, commonwealth, avenue, brookline, massachusetts, national, register, historic, placesshow, massachusettsshow, united, stateslocation808, commonwealth, brookline, massachusettscoordinates42, 35028. The Peter Fuller Building is a historic commercial building located at 808 Commonwealth Avenue in Brookline Massachusetts Peter Fuller BuildingU S National Register of Historic PlacesPeter Fuller BuildingShow map of MassachusettsShow map of the United StatesLocation808 Commonwealth Ave Brookline MassachusettsCoordinates42 21 1 N 71 6 19 W 42 35028 N 71 10528 W 42 35028 71 10528 Coordinates 42 21 1 N 71 6 19 W 42 35028 N 71 10528 W 42 35028 71 10528Built1927ArchitectKahn AlbertArchitectural styleClassical RevivalMPSBrookline MRANRHP reference No 85003269 1 Added to NRHPOctober 17 1985Description and history EditThis five story limestone faced building occupies a prominent position on Commonwealth Avenue near the south end of the BU Bridge It was designed by the prolific architect Albert Kahn a noted designer of industrial buildings and built in 1927 for the Cadillac Auto Company It is one of the few Boston area buildings designed by Kahn who did extensive work designing automobile related industrial facilities in the American Midwest This building stood at what was then a gateway position leading to a row of automotive dealerships along Commonwealth Avenue and was designed to be a local flagship showroom for the luxury Cadillac line 2 It gets its name from Peter D Fuller president of the Cadillac Automobile Company of Boston 3 It ceased to be a car showroom in 1978 when Fuller closed his dealership citing high overhead costs 4 It was purchased by Boston University the following year 5 In 2020 the building became home to the Howard Thurman Center a center for student life at BU 6 The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17 1985 1 See also EditNational Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline MassachusettsReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter Fuller Building a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 NRHP nomination for Peter Fuller Building Commonwealth of Massachusetts Retrieved 2014 05 14 Turner Robert May 6 1968 Profile in the News Peter Fuller the Nice Tough Guy The Boston Globe Corcoran Daniel February 22 1978 The Economy Peter Fuller to close Hub Cadillac agency The Boston Globe Cohen Muriel October 17 1979 Four BU trustees quit one is dropped The Boston Globe Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground Boston University Bu edu Retrieved 2020 05 12 This article about a National Register of Historic Places listing in Norfolk County Massachusetts is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Fuller Building amp oldid 1126764008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
