The Fort Point Channel Boston Landmark District is well on its way to becoming one of Boston’s most vibrant neighborhoods. With a still thriving arts scene and growing residential community, the area also borders the city's emerging Seaport District and burgeoning Innovation District.
The Alliance is supporting the rehabilitation of the Stillings Building, located at 368 Congress Street, for an extended-stay hotel. The six-story, turn-of-the-century warehouse was built in the Classical Revival Style in 1901 by Morton D. Safford, chief architect for the Boston Wharf Company. The building features a highly ornamented exterior, and a unique, glazed tile central atrium with iron walkways which rises six stories and provides natural light to all floors of the building. Criss-crossed by steel bridges that connect the east and west sides of each floor, and topped with a massive skylight, this atrium is a reminder of the building’s industrial past, and will remain a prominent feature of the restored structure.
The extended-stay hotel will include a ground floor lobby, restaurant, and retail space. In addition to the high quality of restoration proposed for the building’s exterior, the project includes sensitive new interventions that are in keeping with the industrial history of the area.
Fort Point Channel was developed from 1836 to 1882, almost entirely by the Boston Wharf Company. The area’s warehouses, originally used for sugar, molasses, and wool storage, now comprise Boston’s largest and most significant collection of industrial lofts. After the manufacturing and storage uses declined, artists moved into the abandoned lofts in the 1970s, creating what is now the largest artist enclave in New England.
The development team consists of Norwich Partners of Boston, LLC as the proponent; Colliers International as the development manager; Group One Partners, Inc. as the project architect; McCarter & English and Brennan, Dain, Le Ray, Wiest, Torpy & Garner as legal counsel; Howard Stein Hudson as transportation consultants; and Lee Kennedy & Company as construction managers. This project, which is being embraced by the Fort Point community, will bring more vitality and activity to the area, promising its continued revitalization.
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