Winthrop Building - View this location on map Built in 1883, this is the first steel frame skyscraper constructed in Boston. It was the work of innovative local architect Clarence Blackall, who modeled this building on the early steel commercial structure of Chicago. The office building received unprecedented attention in Boston, praised for its technological achievement as well as its graceful curved design and facade of colored brick and terra cotta. Originally built for businessman C. H. Carter, in 1899 the structure was renamed to recognize its location on the site of the home of the city's first colonial governor, John Winthrop. 276-78 Washington St., Boston, MA Historical

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