The Boston Landmarks Commission has posted a study report on the proposed designation of the interior of the Ayer Mansion in Back Bay as a Landmark under
A rare Tiffany building owned by a nonprofit may be sold
Inside the Ayer Mansion in Boston. Preservationists fear that the Ayer Mansion, a national treasure with landmark status, which has been painstakingly preserved, may be cut off from public access. Richard Cheek via The New York Times.
by Colin Moynihan
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- A granite-faced town house in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston was designed more than 100 years ago by artist Louis Comfort Tiffany and is seen today as the most comprehensive surviving example of his residential vision.
Its pale facade, with mosaic panels set in limestone and a stained-glass window over copper-clad double doors, is one of only two exteriors known to have been designed by Tiffany and the only one that remains intact.