Furnishing a 19th-century landmark jail turned luxury hotel.
- Landmark
- Charles Street Jail, 1851
- Architecture
- CambridgeSeven
- Design
- Alexandra Champalimaud
- Location
- Beacon Hill, Boston
Overview
At the foot of Beacon Hill, The Liberty Hotel is an imaginative transformation of the storied Charles Street Jail, a national historic landmark built in 1851. Renovating the jail to meet architectural-preservation requirements and adding a new rooms tower, the design team of CambridgeSeven and Alexandra Champalimaud, with the procurement expertise of the GS team, completed what is now considered one of the most unique and breathtaking hotel lobby experiences in the world.
The Challenge
Preservation requirements on an 1851 national historic landmark shape what can go where, and this project paired that historic core with an entirely new rooms tower. Furnishing both so they read as one hotel, while respecting the constraints of a protected structure, called for careful specification and coordination.
The Design Team
The project brought together architects CambridgeSeven and interior designer Alexandra Champalimaud, balancing architectural preservation of the historic jail with the design of a new rooms tower.
Our Scope
We provided the FF&E procurement across the transformed landmark and its new tower, sourcing and buying furnishings that honored the preservation brief while meeting a luxury hotel standard.
As the owner’s agent we coordinated sourcing, purchasing, and installation so the historic and new-build portions came together as a single, coherent guest experience.
The Outcome
The Liberty Hotel is now regarded as home to one of the most unique and breathtaking hotel lobby experiences in the world, a landmark jail reborn as a luxury destination at the foot of Beacon Hill.
Gallery
Inside The Liberty Hotel.
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