The earliest of the commercial development spurred by the new Government Center, the New England Merchants Bank Building is a curtain-wall steel-framed building clad in rose granite, distinguished by its fine proportions. The slab at ground level is set back and is respectful of its prime site, enhancing the
Keith N. Morgan, "New England Merchants Bank Building", [Boston, Massachusetts], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-GC14.
Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston, Keith N. Morgan, with Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, Roger G. Reed, and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, 51-52.
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