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A Condo in a Former Church with Three Levels of Space

EAST BOSTON, Mass. - In May 2019, Boston.com's Spring House Hunt series featured one of Jeffrey Bowen's most distinctive listings: a condominium carved out of a former East Boston church, arranged over three levels of living space. The home took the raw material of a converted church - volume, height, and light that no conventional floor plan starts with - and stacked a full home inside it across three...

The three-bedroom houseboat at 84 Condor Street in East Boston, Massachusetts, the lead photograph from Boston Magazine's feature.

A Three-Bedroom Houseboat in East Boston

The houseboat at 84 Condor Street, East Boston. Photo via ERA Russell Realty Group via Boston Magazine. EAST BOSTON, Mass. - In April 2018, Boston Magazine's "On the Market" series featured the most unusual listing in Jeffrey Bowen's portfolio that season: a three-bedroom houseboat docked at a marina in Eagle Hill, East Boston, offered at $250,000 through ERA Russell Realty Group. Where East Boston...

The Thomas Martin Lofts at 204 Spencer Avenue in Chelsea, Massachusetts - the former Horace Memorial Baptist Church - the lead photograph from Boston Magazine's feature.

A Sparkling Loft in a Former Church: Thomas Martin Lofts

The Thomas Martin Lofts, 204 Spencer Avenue, Chelsea. Photo courtesy of ERA Russell Realty Group via Boston Magazine. CHELSEA, Mass. - In March 2017, Boston Magazine's "On the Market" series featured the largest home in one of Chelsea's most unusual buildings: Unit #10 at the Thomas Martin Lofts, 204 Spencer Avenue - a 1,379-square-foot, two-bedroom loft listed by Jeffrey Bowen of ERA Russell Realty Group...

The living space of 157 Winnisimmet Street #72A at Independence Hall in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the lead photograph from Boston Magazine's feature.

An Uncommon Condo in Chelsea Square

157 Winnisimmet Street #72A at Independence Hall, Chelsea. Photo courtesy of ERA Russell Realty Group via Boston Magazine. CHELSEA, Mass. - In March 2017, Boston Magazine's "On the Market" series crossed the river to Chelsea Square for a corner condo at Independence Hall: 157 Winnisimmet Street #72A, a 940-square-foot, two-bedroom home overlooking Winnisimmet Park, listed by Jeffrey Bowen of ERA Russell...

Interior of 51 Broadway #1 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, showing the pressed-tin ceilings and exposed brick described by Boston Magazine.

A Cozy Condo at 51 Broadway in Chelsea

51 Broadway #1, Chelsea — the lead photograph from Boston Magazine's "On the Market" feature. Photo via Boston Magazine. CHELSEA, Mass. - In April 2016, Boston Magazine's "On the Market" series featured a small Chelsea condo with outsized character: 51 Broadway #1, a 737-square-foot, one-bedroom home listed by Jeffrey Bowen of ERA Russell Realty Group at $275,000. The home sits in a circa-1857 brick...