Museum of Fine Arts, AdditionsCopley Square
Boston, Mass.
Year Built: 1878The addition was added in 1878 and comprise the south wings of the building.
References• American Architect and Building News, April 13, 1878, plans for 1878 addition.
• "A Half Century of Boston’s Building," Charles S. Damrell, 1895, p. 68-69 (Sturgis & Brigham, architects on original and 1878 additions).
• "A New England Architect and His Work," Oscar Fay Adams, New England Magazine, June, 1907. http://www.millicentlibrary.org/brigham.htm
• "An Early Example of the Use of Terra Cotta in America: Art Museum, Copley Square, Boston;" Brickbuilder, 1911; Vol. 20, p. 46.
Images
ca. 1875
After 1878 additions
ca. 1895, after 1878 additions
MFA before 1878 additions
MFA before 1878 additions
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