Franklin Street (Boston)
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Franklin Street (est.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]
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[edit] Former tenants
- George Melville Baker
- Boston Library Society
- Federal Street Theatre
- Abram French & Co., crockery shop, 19th century
- Holy Cross Church, Boston
- Lee & Shepard
[edit] See also
[edit] 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
[edit] Images
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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
[edit] External links
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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
Coordinates: 42°21′19.91″N 71°3′22.79″W / 42.3555306°N 71.0563306°W
