The John W. McCormack State Office Building, also referred to by its address 1 Ashburton Place, is a
high-rise building adjacent to the
Beacon Hill neighborhood in
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
. The building stands at 302 feet (98 m) with 22 floors. Construction began in 1972 and was completed in 1975. It is incorrectly listed as the
36th-tallest building in Boston. The architectural firm who designed the building was
Hoyle, Doran & Berry. The McCormack Building is notable because of its distinctive black and white
façade
A façade or facade (; ) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French language, French (), which means "frontage" or "face".
In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important asp ...
.
Tenants
Some tenants of the office block include:
*Office of the
Massachusetts Attorney General
The Massachusetts attorney general is an elected constitutionally defined executive officer of the Massachusetts government. The officeholder is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The officeholder ...
* Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
* Office of the Comptroller
* Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance
* Executive Office of Education
*
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) is a state agency of Massachusetts overseeing tertiary education. Its headquarters is in One Ashburton Place in Boston. Its Office of Student Financial Assistance is in Malden, Massachusetts, Malde ...
* Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services and Security
* Office of the Commissioner of Probation
*
Massachusetts State Police
The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, responsible for law enforcement and vehicle regulation across the state. As of 2024, it has 2,500 sworn troop ...
H-1 Government Center Barracks
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Boston
Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 585 completed high-rises, 37 of which stand taller than . The city's skyscrapers and high-rises are concentrated along the roughly 2.5 ...
References
External links
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Entry on SkyscraperPage
Skyscraper office buildings in Boston
Government buildings completed in 1975
Beacon Hill, Boston
Government of Massachusetts
Office buildings completed in 1975
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