The Compton Building is a historic building at 159, 161-175 Devonshire Street and 18-20 Arch Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The eleven-story Classical Revival office tower was built in 1902–03 to a design by Henry Forbes Bigelow of Winslow & Bigelow.

Compton Building
Compton Building is located in Boston
Compton Building
Compton Building is located in Massachusetts
Compton Building
Compton Building is located in the United States
Compton Building
Location159, 161-175 Devonshire St., 18-20 Arch St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′22.4″N 71°3′27.3″W / 42.356222°N 71.057583°W / 42.356222; -71.057583
Arealess than one acre
Built1902
ArchitectWinslow and Bigelow
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.08001284[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 2008

It was connected by internal connections to the adjacent International Trust Company Building in 1961, when the two buildings were under common ownership.[2] The building now houses the Club Quarters Hotel.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Compton Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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