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Egleston Substation

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BostonMA EglestonSubstation
BostonMA EglestonSubstation

The Egleston Substation is a historic electrical substation building located at 3025 Washington Street in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, just north of Egleston Square. The brick Renaissance Revival building was constructed in 1909 by the Boston Elevated Railway (a predecessor to today's MBTA) during the extension of the Washington Street Elevated to Forest Hills.The building is 87 feet (27 m) long, 52 feet (16 m) wide, and 46 feet (14 m) high. Its most prominent feature is the massive archway that frames the main entrance on Washington Street. The building was designed by Robert S. Peabody of Peabody and Stearns. The building was use by the Boston Elevated and its successors to provide AC to DC conversion for streetcars and elevated trains until 1987, at which time it was one of the oldest such substations in the nation. The building was essentially abandoned and fell into disrepair, with its roof in failure in 2005. It was then acquired by local nonprofits, who have converted it for use as office and television studio space.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

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Egleston Substation
Washington Street, Boston Roxbury

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Washington Street 3025
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Massachusetts, United States
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Dimock Community Health Center Complex
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The Dimock Community Health Center Complex is a historic medical complex at 41 and 55 Dimock Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The center's Zakrzewska Building was built in the Stick style of architecture in 1872, designed by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears as the New England Hospital for Women and Children. This facility was the first in New England and the second in the United States to be run by female doctors. Contemporary renovations were completed by James A. Fox and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1991 the complex was declared a National Historic Landmark (as "New England Hospital for Women and Children"; the National Register listing is for "Dimock Community Health Center Complex"). The Dimock Center is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It focuses on three core program areas: Healthcare, Behavioral Health Services and Youth & Family Services. From the center's historic nine-acre campus located in the Egleston Square section of Roxbury, MA, and several satellite locations, The Dimock Center provides access to high-quality healthcare and human services that include: Adult & Pediatric Primary Care, Women's Healthcare, Eye and Dental Care, HIV/AIDS Specialty Care, Outpatient Mental Health services, Residential Programs, The Mary Eliza Mahoney House shelter for families, pre-school, Head Start programs, after-school programs and Adult Basic Education & Workforce Training programs. The Dimock Center has been recognized nationally as a model for the delivery of integrated care in an urban community.