Franklin Street (Boston)
Franklin Street, Boston, 2010
Franklin Street (established c. 1798) is located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts.[1] It was developed at the end of the 18th century by Charles Bulfinch, and included the now-demolished Tontine Crescent and Franklin Place.[2]
Former tenants[]
- George Melville Baker
- Boston Library Society
- Federal Street Theatre
- Abram French & Co., crockery shop, 19th century
- Holy Cross Church, Boston
- Lee & Shepard
Gallery[]
Federal St. Theatre, corner of Federal and Franklin St., c. 1798
Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Franklin St., Franklin Place, and vicinity
Churchill, Collamore, & Co., China & Glass Warehouse, corner of Franklin and Washington St., c. 1825
Franklin St., c. 1830
Franklin St. after the fire, 1872
Parade, June 17, 1876
Photo by John P. Soule, 19th century
C.A. Browning & Co., 1904
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.
- ^ Walter Muir Whitehill. Boston: a topographical history, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968; p.52
External links[]
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- Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Photos of Franklin and Washington St., 1967
- City of Boston. Photo of Washington St. @ Franklin St., February 19, 1949
- Boston Public Library. Flickr. Photo
- Flickr
Coordinates: 42°21′19.91″N 71°3′22.79″W / 42.3555306°N 71.0563306°W
Categories:
- Streets in Boston
- 1798 establishments in Massachusetts
- History of Boston
- Financial District, Boston
- Massachusetts road stubs