From Dave Brigham:
Nestled in snug next to its neighbor like a little brother looking for love, 37 Queensberry Street in Boston's Fenway neighborhood is about as odd a work of architecture as you'll see in the city. Like two tiny houses stacked on top of each other, this four-bedroom, single-family home is known as The Pantry. Constructed in 1920, according to a listing on Redfin, the building was renovated in 2005. The house sold for $835,000 in 2009; Redfin estimates a selling price today of just under $1.5 million, were it to hit the market.
I think it's obvious that during the renovation the top two floors were added and the ground floor was changed significantly. The second story, I imagine, is largely unchanged on the outside. But what is this place? The building next door, 35 Queensberry, rose in 1899, according to Redfin. So 21 years later somebody tacked this skinny building onto the side, like a pantry off the kitchen. Was this place a storage facility of some sort for the main building? A garage? An actual pantry for one of the apartments? The two works of architecture are so different and don't match at all: different color bricks, different roof details, different (original) height.
I haven't been able to find anything out about this place, but next time I'm in the neighborhood I'll be tempted to ask for a can of cling peaches out of The Pantry.
