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Hotel Adelaide
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National Register of Historic Places

Hotel Adelaide

On the National Register since 198541 years
Victorian GothicListed 1985Brookline
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About Hotel Adelaide

Hotel Adelaide, at 13--21 High St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 17, 1985. The Register lists it for its town planning and architecture, at the national level. It describes its style as Victorian Gothic, as it does for 65 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Brookline MRA. 12 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHotel in Massachusetts, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 7 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

13--21 High St., Brookline · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Hotel AdelaideStart here
  2. 2Hotel KempsfordVictorian Gothic · next door
  3. 3Eliphalet Spurr HouseGeorgian · next door
  4. 4White Place Historic DistrictVernacular · next door
  5. 5Dr. Tappan Eustis Francis HousePanel Brick · next door
Around it

26 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BThomas Aspinwall Davis HouseItalianate0.1 miDPill Hill Historic DistrictEnglish Cottage0.2 miBHouse at 38-40 Webster PlaceGreek Revival0.2 miDBrookline Village Commercial DistrictGeorgian Revival0.2 miBGinery Twitchell HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBBuilding at 30-34 Station StreetGeorgian Revival0.2 miBHouse at 19 Linden StreetGreek Revival · Built 18460.2 miBHouse at 12 Linden StreetGreek Revival · Built 18440.2 miBHouse at 105 Marion StreetSecond Empire0.3 miBHouse at 53 Linden StreetGreek Revival0.3 miBHouse at 9 Linden StreetGreek Revival · Built 18460.3 miBHouse at 44 Linden StreetMansard0.3 miStLinden SquareStructure0.3 miBSaint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and ConventVictorian Gothic · Built 18800.3 miBHouse at 4 Perry StreetGreek Revival · Built 18430.3 miBWilliam Ingersoll Bowditch HouseGothic Revival0.3 miBEdward H. Haskell Home for NursesColonial Revival0.4 miBRitchie BuildingPanel Brick0.4 mi
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BHouse at 5 Lincoln RoadItalianate · Built 18520.4 miBHouse at 25 Stanton RoadItalianate · Built 18500.4 miBWinand Toussaint HouseMansard · Built 18810.4 miBHouse at 44 Stanton RoadItalianate · Built 18650.5 miBRobert S. Davis HouseItalianate0.5 miBCandler CottageGothic Revival · Built 18500.5 miBThe Dutch HouseDutch High Renaissance0.5 miBWilliam F. Tuckerman HouseItalianate0.5 mi
More like it

Victorian Gothic style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Victorian Gothic.

Hotel Kempsford0 mi away
Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and ConventBuilt 1880 · 0.3 mi away
Roxbury Highlands Historic District1.3 mi away
AbbotsfordBuilt 1875 · 1.6 mi away

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Questions about Hotel Adelaide

Is Hotel Adelaide on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 17, 1985 (Register number 85003276).

Is Hotel Adelaide a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Frederick Law Olmsted House, National Historic Site, 0.8 miles away.

Can you visit Hotel Adelaide?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Hotel Adelaide?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 7 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63792634 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.