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United States historic place
The
Russia Wharf Buildings
are a cluster of three stylistically similar commercial buildings at 518-540 Atlantic Avenue, 270
Congress Street
and 276-290 Congress Street in
Boston, Massachusetts
. They are built on the original site of Russia Wharf, near where the
Boston Tea Party
took place in 1773. The wharf was the center of Boston's trade with Russia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The wharf's buildings were destroyed in the
Great Boston Fire of 1872
, and the land area was extended by building over the wharf and filling the spaces surrounding it. The three Renaissance Revival buildings were designed by
Peabody and Stearns
and was built in 1897.
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The buildings were listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
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