Photo courtesy of Cummings Properties

What: 40 Shattuck Road 
Where: Andover
Owner: Cummings Properties
Built: 2000 

Cummings Properties’ 40 Shattuck Road office building in Andover is one of a dozen of the company’s suburban Boston-area properties to recently sprout a giant, orange sculpture this summer. 

The company quietly added the enormous, X-shaped pieces of art to help liven up its properties and build brand awareness, it said. The 9-foot-tall steel objects, custom-made by the company’s staff, were designed by Cummings chief design officer Jim Trudeau. 

While company staff engaged in creating the art began calling the pieces “iron butterflies” thanks to their resemblance to orange monarch butterflies that frequent local gardens this time of year, Cummings says some biotech tenants have also dubbed the pieces “Cummings Chromosomes.” 

They Said It: 

“The trials of the pandemic have shined a light on the Commonwealth’s incredible adaptability and resilience. As we are emerging from this incredibly challenging period, we felt that the butterfly was an apt symbol to share with the community.” 

— Bill Cummings, founder, Cummings Properties