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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Russia Wharf Buildings
| nrhp_type =
| image = Russia Wharf Building, 518-540 Atlantic Ave., Boston.jpg
| caption = 518–540 Atlantic Ave. (2023)
| location = 518-540 Atlantic Ave.<br>270 Congress St. and 276-290 Congress St.<br>[[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| coordinates = {{coord|42|21|12|N|71|3|11|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Boston#Massachusetts#USA
| built = 1898
| architect = Peabody & Stearns; Multiple
| architecture = Colonial Revival
| added = December 02, 1980
| area = {{convert|2.2|acre}}
| refnum = 80000463<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Russia Wharf Buildings''' are a cluster of three stylistically similar commercial buildings at 518-540 Atlantic Avenue, 270 [[Congress Street (Boston)|Congress Street]] and 276-290 Congress Street in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. They are built on the original site of Russia Wharf, near where the [[Boston Tea Party]] took place in 1773.  The wharf was the center of Boston's trade with Russia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The wharf's buildings were destroyed in the [[Great Boston Fire of 1872]], and the land area was extended by building over the wharf and filling the spaces surrounding it. The three Renaissance Revival buildings were designed by [[Peabody and Stearns]] and was built in 1897.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bos.1515|title=MACRIS inventory record for Russia Building|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref>
The buildings were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris"/>
== Gallery ==
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File:Atlantic Wharf skyscraper Boston MA (cropped).jpg|Russia Wharf (2014)
File:Russia Wharf Buildings Boston MA.jpg|Building during restoration (2009)
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==See also==
* [[Russia Wharf]], a modern skyscraper at 503 Atlantic Avenue
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts]]
==References==
{{reflist}}{{Peabody & Stearns}}{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
[[Category:1898 establishments in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Financial District, Boston]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings in Boston]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Boston]]
[[Category:Russian Empire–United States relations]]
[[Category:Peabody and Stearns buildings]]
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