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Honestly, not sure Boston even belongs in this conversation. The South End and Beacon Hill have some nice examples, but the row house is not really a prominent Boston feature. At least not in the same way it is in the other cities listed.
Honestly, not sure Boston even belongs in this conversation. The South End and Beacon Hill have some nice examples, but the row house is not really a prominent Boston feature. At least not in the same way it is in the other cities listed.
Honestly, not sure Boston even belongs in this conversation. The South End and Beacon Hill have some nice examples, but the row house is not really a prominent Boston feature. At least not in the same way it is in the other cities listed.
If we are talking federal style, then you are absolutely correct.
But if we are talking about row houses more generally, then I'm not sure why you'd say that. There are (almost) literally zero free standing townhouses or homes or residential units in the downtown/surrounding neighborhoods of Boston. Beacon Hill, Back Bay, North End, South End, The Fens, and even in Charlestown and Southie.
Very similar to DC in contrast and the varying styles- Victorian, Federal, Beaux Arts, Greek Revival.
Back Bay has Brownstones but they're not rowhouses. Here's an aerial of Back Bay. Those are not rowhouses in the same sense that we generally use the term in other cities. They're bigger and less uniform than the typical rowhouse. Southie and Eastie may have a rowhouse here and there but they're far bigger showcases for Boston's classic wood-framed three deckers. The South End is really Boston's big spot for rowhouses. Even Beacon Hill is more a collection of homes of a similar architectural style (Federalist) than it is a real rowhouse neighborhood, but the lines are blurrier there. Regardless, the point stands. The rowhouse is a much smaller component of Boston's built environment than Philadelphia, Washington, New York, or Baltimore.
If we are talking federal style, then you are absolutely correct.
But if we are talking about row houses more generally, then I'm not sure why you'd say that. There are (almost) literally zero free standing townhouses or homes or residential units in the downtown/surrounding neighborhoods of Boston. Beacon Hill, Back Bay, North End, South End, The Fens, and even in Charlestown and Southie.
Very similar to DC in contrast and the varying styles- Victorian, Federal, Beaux Arts, Greek Revival.
I guess it depends on what you define as "rowhouse" then. Is it simply being wall-to-wall and being of similar architectural style?
I still would argue pretty strongly that the vast majority homes in Back Bay, North End or Fenway are not at all rowhouses. Back Bay is a dense collection of Brownstones which are largely independently designed but happen to be wall to wall. It completely lacks the uniformity of a classic rowhouse neighborhood. Fenway and North End are mostly multi-unit tenement buildings. This is your typical Fenway setup. This is your typical North End setup. Those are not row homes by even general definitions. I'm not sure where the collections of rowhouses are in Southie or Eastie. The South End is really Boston's only true rowhouse neighborhood. Beacon hill has a decent collection if you're using a looser definition, as does pockets of Charlestown. But even if we're using the loosest definition possible, I'd still rank Boston last of the cities listed by a significant margin.
Here are some [admittedly amateur] photos (taken by me) of Boston rowhomes (or brownstones??).
Yep. That's why she got me vote.
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