#asher benjamin

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Old West Church. 1806 architect was Asher Benjamin. Boston

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Old West Church, Beacon Hill. Architect in 1806 was Asher Benjamin. First photo is from around 1875

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The Charles Playhouse, Boston. Built in the 1830s as a Unitarian Church, with Asher Benjamin architect. By the 1920s was a Jazz Club. Blue Man Group has been continuously performing here for something like 25 years. Shear Madness has been performing here as well, for 40 years straight. It is the longest running theatrical show in the country.

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entry way for a townhouse on Beacon Street in Boston. architect was Asher Benjamin in 1808.

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Asher Benjamin wrote the first American book on architecture. He started out in Greenfield Massachusetts. The house pictured is from 1796 and is preserved in good condition.

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The Charles Playhouse has an interesting history. Asher Benjamin was the architect in 1839 for the Fifth Universalist Church. Boston's first Synagogue was here by the 1860s and after they moved out it became a speakeasy and nightclub with Duke Ellington and Count Basie often in house. By the 1950s a theatre group started here that included Al Pacino and Jane Alexander. Currently Shear Madness and the Blue Man Group are in place.

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stairway in Greenfield Massachusetts designed by Asher Benjamin in 1796...

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this view is Chauncy Street looking towards Summer Street in Downtown Boston in about 1870. The area was in transition from houses of the 1780-1825 period to the commercial buildings of the 1850-70 period. The church is the First Church, designed by Asher Benjamin in about 1815.