Shannon Apartments

Originally known as the Buckingham, is one of the oldest apartment buildings in the city, dating from 1905. Its size and style reflect the elegant mansions that surrounded it at the time it was constructed. The Shannon is rectangular in plan, sitting on a triangular lot at the intersection of Union, University and Boylston streets. It is two and a half stories of wood frame construction with brick veneer. The building has a tall side gabled roof with stepped parapets in the Late Medieval style. The main entry in the center of the main elevation is arched andceiling deeply recessed, surrounded with stone voussoirs. The rear elevation curves to match the curve of the street. This elevation has large parapeted gable dormers that match the front. The large dormers have four windows with a small one in the gabled end. The main façade has large aluminum-framed windows, with smaller single windows on the side elevations.