The Carlton House, at 2 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Back Bay, is an 18-story building with 53 condominium residences above hotel space, completed in 1981.
The site once held five houses at 2 to 10 Commonwealth Avenue, the first of them built in 1863 and 1864 for James Lovell Little. The houses were razed in 1962, and the lot stayed vacant through the 1960s and 1970s after earlier tower proposals, including a 16-story plan in 1948 and a Hugh Stubbins design in 1965, failed to move forward.
Cabot, Cabot & Forbes developed The Carlton House, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it. Built from 1979 to 1981 as an annex to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at 15 Arlington Street, it rises to about the same height as the 1926-27 hotel and connects to it. The hotel portion fills the basement through the seventh floor, and the residences occupy the floors above. The condominium's master deed was recorded in October 1981. The hotel next door is now The Newbury, and residents have access to its hotel services.
Residences include one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes in nearly equal numbers, plus a few larger homes, ranging from about 840 to more than 3,200 square feet. The top of the building holds penthouse suites.
Residents have a 24-hour concierge and doorman, valet parking, in-room dining, dry cleaning and package service, and use of The Newbury's board room, along with elevator service.
The Carlton House sits on the first block of Commonwealth Avenue, next to Newbury Street and facing the Public Garden. The shops and galleries of Newbury Street begin at the corner, and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall stretches west from the door. Nearby residences include Heritage on the Garden and No. 6 Newbury Street.
For buyers who want hotel services and a Public Garden address, The Carlton House offers a full-service home at the start of Commonwealth Avenue.
The Carlton House, at 2 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Back Bay, is an 18-story building with 53 condominium residences above hotel space, completed in 1981.
The site once held five houses at 2 to 10 Commonwealth Avenue, the first of them built in 1863 and 1864 for James Lovell Little. The houses were razed in 1962, and the lot stayed vacant through the 1960s and 1970s after earlier tower proposals, including a 16-story plan in 1948 and a Hugh Stubbins design in 1965, failed to move forward.
Cabot, Cabot & Forbes developed The Carlton House, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it. Built from 1979 to 1981 as an annex to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at 15 Arlington Street, it rises to about the same height as the 1926-27 hotel and connects to it. The hotel portion fills the basement through the seventh floor, and the residences occupy the floors above. The condominium's master deed was recorded in October 1981. The hotel next door is now The Newbury, and residents have access to its hotel services.
Residences include one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes in nearly equal numbers, plus a few larger homes, ranging from about 840 to more than 3,200 square feet. The top of the building holds penthouse suites.
Residents have a 24-hour concierge and doorman, valet parking, in-room dining, dry cleaning and package service, and use of The Newbury's board room, along with elevator service.
The Carlton House sits on the first block of Commonwealth Avenue, next to Newbury Street and facing the Public Garden. The shops and galleries of Newbury Street begin at the corner, and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall stretches west from the door. Nearby residences include Heritage on the Garden and No. 6 Newbury Street.
For buyers who want hotel services and a Public Garden address, The Carlton House offers a full-service home at the start of Commonwealth Avenue.
