History
The Langham, Boston is a 1922 renaissance revival style building. When it was first built it served as the Federal Reserve Bank, established by president Woodrow Wilson. The building was designed by R. Clipston Sturgis to look like the Palazzo della Cancelleria, in Rome, with its granite exterior, life-size equestrian statues, and painted dome ceiling.
Formerly the Governor's Reception room, The Wyeth Room contains two historic N.C. Wyeth murals. The Governor's Rooms contain a Norman B. Leventhal map collection of historic Massachusetts maps. As the hotel was previously a bank, the first floor has long, skinny windows as to keep the building safe from intruders. The original entry-way doors off Pearl Street still contain the gold coin moldings, and the bank vault is now used as a pastry kitchen. The Wyeth Room now houses the four large lamps with gold coin emblems that used to be at the Pearl Street entrance.
The hotel used the be Le Meridien Hotel of Boston, but was branded a Langham Hotel in January 2003.
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