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Ritchie Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Ritchie Building

On the National Register since 198541 years
Panel BrickListed 1985Brookline
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About Ritchie Building

Ritchie Building, at 112 Cypress St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 17, 1985. The Register lists it for its industry and invention, at the national level. It describes its style as Panel Brick, as it does for 37 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Brookline MRA. Five more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric industrial building in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. 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 · 9 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

112 Cypress St., Brookline · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Ritchie BuildingStart here
  2. 2House at 105 Marion StreetSecond Empire · next door
  3. 3White Place Historic DistrictVernacular · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Dr. Tappan Eustis Francis HousePanel Brick · next door
  5. 5Brookline Village Commercial DistrictGeorgian Revival · next door
Around it

27 more Register listings within half a mile

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

BHouse at 5 Lincoln RoadItalianate · Built 18520.2 miBHouse at 44 Stanton RoadItalianate · Built 18650.2 miBHouse at 25 Stanton RoadItalianate · Built 18500.2 miBRobert S. Davis HouseItalianate0.2 miDPill Hill Historic DistrictEnglish Cottage0.3 miBCandler CottageGothic Revival · Built 18500.3 miDBrookline Town Green Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.4 miOMilestoneObject0.4 miBHotel KempsfordVictorian Gothic0.4 miBHotel AdelaideVictorian Gothic0.4 miBEliphalet Spurr HouseGeorgian0.4 miBGinery Twitchell HouseGreek Revival0.4 miBSaint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and ConventVictorian Gothic · Built 18800.4 miBWilliam F. Tuckerman HouseItalianate0.4 miBHouses at 76-96 Harvard AvenueGeorgian Revival0.4 mi★Frederick Law Olmsted House, National Historic SiteBuilding0.5 miBThomas Aspinwall Davis HouseItalianate0.5 miBHouse at 38-40 Webster PlaceGreek Revival0.5 mi
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BBuilding at 30-34 Station StreetGeorgian Revival0.5 miBHouse at 19 Linden StreetGreek Revival · Built 18460.5 miBHouse at 12 Linden StreetGreek Revival · Built 18440.5 miBHouse at 53 Linden StreetGreek Revival0.5 miBHouse at 9 Linden StreetGreek Revival · Built 18460.5 miBHouse at 44 Linden StreetMansard0.5 miBHouse at 89 Rawson Road and 86 Colburne CrescentShingle · Built 19000.5 miStLinden SquareStructure0.5 miBHouse at 4 Perry StreetGreek Revival · Built 18430.5 mi
More like it

Panel Brick style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Panel Brick.

Dr. Tappan Eustis Francis House0.3 mi away
Cypress-Emerson Historic District0.8 mi away
Dudley Station Historic District2.1 mi away
Hibernian Hall2.2 mi away

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Questions about Ritchie Building

Is Ritchie Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 17, 1985 (Register number 85003308).

Is Ritchie Building 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, 0.5 miles away.

Can you visit Ritchie Building?

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 Ritchie Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 9 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 63792684 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.