The Meads, at 413 to 419 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Back Bay, is a boutique condominium of 13 residences in three restored 1890s townhouses on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, converted to condominiums in 2007.
Two of the houses, 413 and 415 Commonwealth, were designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1890 and 1891 as a matched pair for law partners Francis Inman Amory and Richard Olney, who later served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State. The architectural historians at SAH Archipedia describe the pair as an American take on 18th-century British terrace houses, with flat, Federal-style fronts of limestone and Flemish-bond brick. The neighboring house at 419 Commonwealth, at the corner of Charlesgate East, was designed by Peabody and Stearns and built in 1891 and 1892.
The houses later served the Garland School and Garland Junior College and then the Simmons College Graduate School of Management. Terra Mark Development bought the property in 2005 and converted it into the Meads of Commonwealth Condominium, with nine homes at 413 to 415 and four at 419, plus interior garage parking.
Residences are two- to four-bedroom homes, from about 1,830 to 3,800 square feet. Many keep period details such as tall ceilings, wainscoting, crown moldings, and fireplaces, paired with updated kitchens, marble baths, central air, and in-unit laundry. Some homes have private outdoor space, and an elevator serves the residences.
The Meads sits at the western end of Commonwealth Avenue, near Charlesgate and the Back Bay Fens, a block from Massachusetts Avenue and the Hynes Convention Center station. Newbury Street's shops begin a block away. Nearby boutique condominiums include The Somerset and The Marlborough.
For buyers who want a home inside a pair of Gilded Age landmarks on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, The Meads offers a rare chance at architecture of this pedigree.
The Meads, at 413 to 419 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Back Bay, is a boutique condominium of 13 residences in three restored 1890s townhouses on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, converted to condominiums in 2007.
Two of the houses, 413 and 415 Commonwealth, were designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1890 and 1891 as a matched pair for law partners Francis Inman Amory and Richard Olney, who later served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State. The architectural historians at SAH Archipedia describe the pair as an American take on 18th-century British terrace houses, with flat, Federal-style fronts of limestone and Flemish-bond brick. The neighboring house at 419 Commonwealth, at the corner of Charlesgate East, was designed by Peabody and Stearns and built in 1891 and 1892.
The houses later served the Garland School and Garland Junior College and then the Simmons College Graduate School of Management. Terra Mark Development bought the property in 2005 and converted it into the Meads of Commonwealth Condominium, with nine homes at 413 to 415 and four at 419, plus interior garage parking.
Residences are two- to four-bedroom homes, from about 1,830 to 3,800 square feet. Many keep period details such as tall ceilings, wainscoting, crown moldings, and fireplaces, paired with updated kitchens, marble baths, central air, and in-unit laundry. Some homes have private outdoor space, and an elevator serves the residences.
The Meads sits at the western end of Commonwealth Avenue, near Charlesgate and the Back Bay Fens, a block from Massachusetts Avenue and the Hynes Convention Center station. Newbury Street's shops begin a block away. Nearby boutique condominiums include The Somerset and The Marlborough.
For buyers who want a home inside a pair of Gilded Age landmarks on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, The Meads offers a rare chance at architecture of this pedigree.