Franklin Street (Boston)
Franklin Street (established c. 1798) is located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
History
It was developed at the end of the 18th century by Charles Bulfinch, and included the now-demolished Tontine Crescent and Franklin Place.
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
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Federal St. Theatre, corner of Federal and Franklin St., c. 1798
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Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Franklin St., Franklin Place, and vicinity
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Churchill, Collamore, & Co., China & Glass Warehouse, corner of Franklin and Washington St., c. 1825
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Franklin St., c. 1830
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Franklin St. after the fire, 1872
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Parade, June 17, 1876
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Photo by John P. Soule, 19th century
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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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franklin Street (Boston, Massachusetts).
- 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
42°21′19.91″N 71°3′22.79″W / 42.3555306°N 71.0563306°W