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Two Night Stay at the Residence Inn, Boston, Downtown

Item Number
14550
Estimated Value
660 USD
Sold
440 USD to TER
Number of Bids
9  -  Bid History

Item Description

Two Night Stay at the Residence Inn, Boston, Downtown/Seaport. Includes: Free hot breakfast, Complimentary Wireless Internet, Coffee in rooms & lobby, and many modern room amenities.

Set a pace that suits you at Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Downtown Seaport located minutes from the financial district. This Boston hotel will provide you with all you need, spacious suites with full kitchens and separate living, working, and sleeping areas, large TV screens and king size beds.

The hotel is a newly restored historical building with 12 foot high ceilings, with glass elevators in the 1900's era subway tiled atrium. It is a few minutes walk to and from the Boston Convention Center and Seaport Trade Center and Financial District.

The hotel is located in the Stillings Building, which was originally constructed in 1901 by the Boston Wharf Company for the Stillings Press, a publishing house. The area beneath the hotel and most of the area around the site, used to be underwater in Boston Harbor. Starting just after the Civil War, much of what is today the Seaport District was filled in and reclaimed from Boston Harbor. The Boston Wharf Company constructed almost 90 warehouses and other structures on this newly filled land, between 1885-1918.

The 1901 Stillings Building was painstakingly restored, modernized and converted to the state-of-the-art Marriott Residence Inn Boston in 2012/13. The restoration took place under historic preservation staff, which ensured that the details of the building's new windows, brickwork and other historical features.

Item Special Note

Reservations must be made 30 days in advance, based on availability. Certificate must be presented at check-in. Valid until 2/24/15. Shipping of certificate, if needed, is not included in the bid price.

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