Mission Park Housing Complex
Address835, Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United States of America, 02115
Site Number1492
Building Root Number
N/A
PIRC Site Number 1492
PIRC Site Number 1492
Architect (Original)
John Sharratt Associates, Inc.
Constructed
1977
Building Acquired 1977
Sold 2000
Building Acquired 1977
Sold 2000
StatusInactive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its location and function.Historical NotesMission Park is a residential complex located in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. It is a part of the parcels Harvard University purchased in the neighborhood in the 1960s with the intention of constructing institutional buildings for the nearby medical school campus. The university, however, was unable to complete its plans and instead, with the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Association, created Mission Park.The majority of the complex is on the former site of the House of the Good Shepard.
Additional Information
“A Community Group with the Help of Its Architect Comes to Terms with a Mighty University.” Architectural Record, vol. 163, no. 2, 1978, pp. 84–88, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1978-02.pdf.