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 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 ...

. They are built on the original site of Russia Wharf, near where the

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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 The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston's largest fire, and still ranks as one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history. The conflagration began at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 1872, in the basement of a co ...

, 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 Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns ...

and was built in 1897. The buildings were listed on the

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in 1980.

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File:Atlantic Wharf skyscraper Boston MA (cropped).jpg, Russia Wharf (2014) File:Russia Wharf Buildings Boston MA.jpg, Building during restoration (2009)

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