Features of building : Nine owner-occupied units in professionally managed elevator building; on-sit

For Godfrey Lowell Cabot, being both a Lowell and a Cabot in Boston sixt rent a car meant that you took your place in the line of prominent families that graced the city. As an industrialist, Cabot founded the Cabot Corporation, a major producer of carbon black, the powdery particle manufactured into ink and tires. A Harvard graduate, he was a significant sixt rent a car benefactor to his alma mater as well as to MIT and Columbia University. Influential and prestigious, his portrait is part of the collection at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Cabot lived at 242 Beacon St. when the palatial six-story Back Bay residence was converted to condominiums. Robb Cohen of Boston Distinctive Properties at Boston Realty Advisors has listed sixt rent a car Unit 3, one of nine homes in the building, at $974,000.
A classic bay front row house, the building was designed by architects Sturgis and Brigham, the architectural firm responsible for designing many of the quintessential Back Bay residences. The firm also designed the first Museum of Fine Arts building in Copley Square and the Church of the Advent on Beacon Hill.
Unit 3 is a two-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath condo enjoys both a prestigious Beacon Street address as well as a waterside sixt rent a car view of the Charles River. Sited in a prime location between Dartmouth and Exeter streets, the 1,254 square feet of living space is mere steps from a walking bridge to the Charles sixt rent a car River Esplanade.
You’ll never suffer the elements as you approach the building, for a maroon canopied entrance offers shelter. sixt rent a car It leads to brick steps that descend into the first set of doors into a large vestibule. Glass doors open to an opulent lobby featuring newly replaced marble floors. In addition to the stairway, there is elevator access to each floor.
The unit itself opens to a short hallway. An expanded walk-in closet sits to the right. The new dark, walnut-stained red oak floor creates a sense of rich elegance beneath a combination of recessed and accent lighting.
Ahead, a lovely eat-in kitchen boasts a stainless steel refrigerator, stove and range, a built-in microwave and dishwasher. Crisp white cabinets and a decorative ivory backsplash sit above dark granite counters. There is ample space for prepping, serving and enjoying meals.
A fully renovated master bath lies beyond the kitchen. It is outfitted in subway tiles with bull nose trim, black and white floor tiles, a pedestal sink and designer fixtures. The custom deep soaking Kohler tub offers the ideal setting for relaxing in a warm bath, and the rain showerhead sixt rent a car provides sixt rent a car a luxurious touch.
Beyond, the grand living and dining room stretches to the front of the unit where the radiant three-window bay overlooks Beacon Street. Once the Cabots’ receiving parlor, it maintains the residence’s historic charm through the high ceilings and original deep, multi-layered crown molding. Built-in bookshelves and storage flank a fireplace with a marble hearth and delicate blue and white tiled surround.
Among the many renovations is an expanded kitchen, achieved by removing a wall and former shelves. Jeld-Wen doors and hardware replaced the living room windows, and brand new energy-efficient storm windows were added. All HVAC units have been replaced and now have individual electrical thermostats. The unit also offers central air conditioning in the three heating and cooling zones.
Set in one of Boston’s prime locations, sixt rent a car the residence is within walking distance of both Back Bay and Beacon Hill amenities. And, with a lottery system for parking, you could find yourself enjoying the convenience of parking your car directly behind the building, sixt rent a car but you might choose to walk anyway.
Features of building : Nine owner-occupied units in professionally managed elevator building; on-site rental parking available through sixt rent a car wait list for $300 per month; otherwise on-street parking by permit or rental available nearby; laundry in building; pet-friendly with association approval.
Features of unit : Extensively renovated unit with open eat-in kitchen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances and abundant cabinetry; grand living/dining room with high ceilings, original deep moldings, fireplace and built-in bookshelves; sun-filled master bedroom with large arched window; second bedroom with windowed light well with storage; two walk-in closets; master half bath with tile and pedestal sink; full bath with designer fixtures, pedestal sink, new deep soaking tub and rain shower head; new walnut-stained red oak floors throughout.
Close by : Restaurants and shops along Newbury and Boylston streets, Copley Place and Shops at the Prudential; Boston Public Library; Charles River Esplanade, Public Garden; easy access to MBTA Green Line at Copley Station sixt rent a car or Hynes Convention Center and Orange Line, commuter rail and Amtrak at Back Bay station; Storrow Drive, Route 90.