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Massachusetts 8 Historic Tax Credit Economic Data 2002-2018 FEDERAL HISTORIC Rep. Stephen Lynch TAX CREDIT PROJECTS Massachusetts | District 8 A total of 39 Federal Historic Tax Credit projects received Part 3 certifications from the National Park Service between fiscal year 2002 through 2018, resulting in over $ 594,149,193 in total development. Data source: National Park Service, 2018 ¦¨§93 Boston ¦¨§90 28 ¦¨§95 Dedham 2 Milton Weymouth Brockton 6 Whitman ¦¨§495 ¦¨§295 Federal Historic Tax Credit Projects !( 1 !( 6 to 10 !( 2 to 5 11 and over 0 45 90 180 270 (! Miles [ Provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic Tax Credit Coalition For more information, contact Shaw Sprague, NTHP Senior Director of Government Relations | (202) 588-6339 | [email protected] or Patrick Robertson, HTCC Executive Director | (202) 302-2957 | [email protected] Massachusetts District 8 Economic Impacts of Federal HTC Investment, FY02 - FY18 Total Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures Provided by National Park Service Total Number of Projects Rehabilitated: 39 Total Development Costs: $ 594,149,193 Total Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures: $ 516,651,472 Federal HTC Amount: $ 103,330,294 Preservation Economic Impact Model (PEIM) Investment Data Created by Rutgers University for the National Park Service Total Number of Jobs Created: 5893 Construction: 2630 Permanent: 3263 Total Income Generated: $ 498,916,900 Household: $ 269,401,700 Business: $ 229,515,200 Total Taxes Generated: $ 103,520,700 Local: $ 10,562,300 State: $ 14,208,800 Federal: $ 78,749,600 th Massachusetts – 8 ​ Congressional District ​ Historic Tax Credit Projects, FY 2002-2018 Project Name Address City Year Qualified Use Expenditures Old Colony Trust Company 17 Court Street and 30 Boston 2018 $31,585,988 Housing Cornhill Street Hiram Jacobs / Joseph G. 40 Hancock Street Boston 2016 $1,609,879 Housing Parker House Emmons Brothers Company 49 Melcher Street Boston 2015 $9,820,934 Multi-Use I.J. Fox Building 407 Washington Street Boston 2015 $8,646,060 Multi-Use Stillings Building 368 Congress Street Boston 2014 $37,577,858 Hotel Henry Willis Building 175 Purchase Street Boston 2014 $4,065,409 Office Crucible Steel Company of 381 Congress Street Boston 2014 $16,319,811 Housing America Storehouse; Boston Wharf Company Boston Police Station No. 1 150 North Street Boston 2014 $7,601,852 Other Boston Printing Department 130-140 Richmond Street Boston 2014 $9,686,757 Other Building no reported project name 51 Melcher Street Boston 2014 $16,772,007 Office Bowdoin Manor 37 Bowdoin Street Boston 2013 $1,078,784 Multi-Use Bowdoin Manor 39 & 41 Bowdoin Street Boston 2013 $2,764,384 Multi-Use French Shriner & Urner Shoe 63 Melcher Street Boston 2013 $13,295,851 Housing Factory Hayden Building 681 Washington Street Boston 2013 $5,284,836 Housing Silas P. Merriam House 40 Temple Street Boston 2013 $1,499,551 Hotel Russia Building 518-540 Atlantic Avenue Boston 2012 $55,000,000 Commercial 40 Channel Center 239-241 A Street Boston 2010 $2,401,151 Multi-Use The Ames Building One Court Street Boston 2010 $60,837,129 Hotel Boston Wharf Company 191-205 A Street Boston 2010 $25,768,416 Commercial Warehouses Boston Wharf Company 207-213 A Street Boston 2010 $15,107,654 Commercial Warehouses Boston Wharf Company 215-225 A Street Boston 2010 $16,857,207 Commercial Warehouses Boston Wharf Warehouses 227-229 A Street Boston 2010 $4,908,270 Commercial no reported project name 311 Summer Street Boston 2009 $19,615,380 Multi-Use Charles Street Jail 215 Charles Street Boston 2008 $48,000,000 Hotel Redevelopment Project no reported project name 53 Hancock Street Boston 2006 $1,423,894 Housing John Foster Warehouse 109 Broad Street Boston 2003 $5,744,864 Multi-Use The Publicity Building 40-44 Bromfield Street Boston 2003 $3,600,000 Office Batterymarch Building 89 Broad Street Boston 2001 $36,000,000 Hotel Howard-Tolman Building 63-77 Centre Street Brockton 2017 $2,154,234 Office Smith Building 43-51 Centre Street Brockton 2017 $1,386,025 Office Bay State Block 53-61 Centre Street Brockton 2017 $1,670,521 Office Howard Home For Aged Men 964 Belmont Street Brockton 2017 $6,028,880 Housing Snow Shoe Company / Old 88 Lincoln Street Brockton 2015 $4,608,032 Commercial Colony Shoe Company Lilly, Brackett & Company and 124 Montello Street Brockton 2014 $7,700,000 Housing The George Knight Company Norfolk House 19 Court Street Dedham 2017 $4,374,572 Housing Margaret Guild House 10 Pearl Street Dedham 2014 $437,634 Housing G. H. Bent Co. Factory Building 7 Pleasant Street Milton 2001 $7,286 Not Reported Pond Street / Alice E. Fulton 245 Pond Street Weymouth 2010 $9,296,419 Housing School Commonwealth Shoe & 7 Marble Street Whitman 2012 $16,113,943 Housing Leather Co. .
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