Court Street (Boston, Massachusetts)

Court Street (Boston, Massachusetts)
Court Street, Boston, 2009

Court Street (est. July 4, 1788) is located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to 1788, it was called Prison Lane (1634–1708) and then Queen Street (1708–1788).[1] In the 19th century it extended beyond its current length, to Bowdoin Square. In the 1960s most of Court Street was demolished to make way for the construction of Government Center. The remaining street extends a few blocks, near the Old State House on State Street.[2]

Contents

Tenants of Court St.

Former tenants

References

  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. ^ http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/streetbook/
  3. ^ Re-dedication of the Old state house: Boston, July 11, 1882, 4th ed. Boston: Printed by order of the City Council, 1887.

Image gallery

  • Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Court St. extending to Bowdoin Square

  • Court House, ca.1838 (engraving by Abel Bowen)

  • ca.1855

  • S. Klous & Co. Hat, Cap, and Fur Store, Court St., 1850s (illustration from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion)

  • Oriental Tea Co., 85, 87, 89 Court St. (photo by William H. Getchell)

  • Madame Walsh, millinery, Court St., 19th c.

  • Scollay's building, Court St., 19th c. (stereograph by John P. Soule)

  • ca.1880s

Further reading

  • John T. Hassam. No.47 Court Street, Boston. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1903. ("Reprinted with additions from Notes and Queries of the Boston Transcript of Oct. 25, 1902")

External links

Coordinates: 42°21′31.39″N 71°03′29.66″W / 42.3587194°N 71.0582389°W / 42.3587194; -71.0582389


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