The North Terminal Garage is a historic

parking garage A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...

on 600 Commercial Street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. The three-story concrete garage was built in 1925 to a design by Little & Russell. It is a rare surviving parking facility from such an early date, and is further notable as the site of the

Great Brink's Robbery The Great Brink's Robbery was an armed robbery of the Brink's building in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1950. The $2.775 million ($ million today) theft consisted of $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks ...

on January 17, 1950. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1997. A plaque on the front of the building identifies it as the site on which "illuminating gas was first commercially manufactured in New England in 1828."

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Transportation buildings and structures in Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston North End, Boston Garages (parking) on the National Register of Historic Places Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts 1925 establishments in Massachusetts {{Boston-struct-stub

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