Black & Wise Bibliophiles
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Location
#10 Chatles St, Beacon Hill
Black & Wise Bibliophiles are located in a narrow three story 19th century neo-Gothic black-brick building located between Santander's Bank and Grogan & Company auction-house.
Exterior
The "Black Building" which lends it's name to "Black & Wise Bibliophiles" is a three story German neo-Gothic building built of black-glazed brick with white terracotta friezes between floors.
A gate of wrought-iron leads to a set of dark brick steps guarded on either side by a pair of aging -green bronze Qalupalik of Inuit mythology.
The main door of is of good stout New England Oak carved in the Greek revival style and pained azure blue. The brass knocker is shaped like a pair of mated Narwhal. And above the door is the faded family crest of the Blacke family of Boston whaling fame.
All windows are of green mullioned glass covered by dark oak shutters (which are always closed) and guarded by wrought iron window-bars shaped like the hydras of myth.
