Franklin Street (Boston)
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]
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Franklin Street, Boston, 2010
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
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
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