Columbus Avenue (Boston)

Columbus Avenue (est.1860) in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1] runs from Park Square to just south of Melnea Cass Boulevard, as well as from Tremont Street to Walnut Avenue and Seaver Street, where it continues as Seaver Street to Blue Hill Avenue and to Erie Street, where it ends.^[2] It intersects the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods.

Buildings & tenants[]

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church^[3]
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets
Doris Bunte Apartments^[4]
Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe
Home for Aged Couples
Northeastern University
Roxbury Community College
Youth's Companion Building

Former buildings & tenants

Allan Crite
Boston Flower Exchange
Hotel Statler, Columbus Avenue and Arlington Street
Massachusetts Metaphysical College
Pope Manufacturing Company, 1890s
Savoy Cafe^[5]
South End Grounds
Temple Israel (Boston)
Vega Company
Waitt & Bond Factory (Later owned by Alles & Fisher, now part of Northeastern University)^[6]

Images[]

Map of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1883
Boston and Providence R.R. Station, Park Square, late 19th century
Bird's-eye view of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1902
McGreevey's Third Base Saloon, no.940 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing, 1914 (Boston Public Library)
Columbus Avenue, 2009
Doris Bunte Apartments, 2020

References[]

^ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.
^ City of Boston. Street book. Retrieved 2011-12-30
^ School of Theology Library. "Methodist Churches in Boston Since 1792". New England Conference Commission on Archives and History. Boston University. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
^ "BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT RENAMED IN HONOR OF DORIS BUNTÈ". Boston City Council. 27 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ WGBH. Remembering the Savoy Cafe Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, 1976
^ "Susan "Suze" Deitch". Northeastern Alumni. Northeastern University. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

External links[]

Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress).
- Police Station No. 10, 1170 Columbus Avenue, Boston. "This building is one of the first municipal buildings built in Roxbury after its annexation to Boston in 1868. It is also important as a work by Gridley J.F. Bryant, who with various partners designed a number of buildings in Boston and New England in the late 19th century."
- Edison-Spencer-Grafton Block, 254-264 Columbus Avenue, Boston
New York Public Library. Item related to Columbus Ave., Boston
Boston College.
- Hotel Statler, Columbus Avenue and Arlington Street^{[permanent dead link]} photo, 1926
- Intersection of Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue^{[permanent dead link]}, photo c. 1933
City of Boston Archives. Photo of Columbus Avenue divisional strip project, June 2, 1948
Columbus Avenue looking north east toward Concord Square, Columbus Ave. Anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill, 1875. Photo by J.W. Black
MIT. Photo

Route map:

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[1] Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.

[2] City of Boston. Street book. Retrieved 2011-12-30

[methodists-BU-3] School of Theology Library. "Methodist Churches in Boston Since 1792". New England Conference Commission on Archives and History. Boston University. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

[4] "BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT RENAMED IN HONOR OF DORIS BUNTÈ". Boston City Council. 27 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[5] WGBH. Remembering the Savoy Cafe Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, 1976

[6] "Susan "Suze" Deitch". Northeastern Alumni. Northeastern University. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

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v t Streets and squares in Boston
East-west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North-south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston