Franklin Street (Boston)

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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

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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
Franklin Street, looking up, Boston, Mass, by Soule, John P., 1827-1904 2.jpg

Photo by John P. Soule, 19th century
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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

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

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[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] Walter Muir Whitehill. Boston: a topographical history, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968; p.52

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v t e Streets and squares in Boston
Streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Beacon Street Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Boylston Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dorchester Avenue Federal Street Fenway Franklin Street Gallivan Boulevard Hanover Street Huntington Avenue Jamaicaway Massachusetts Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Memorial Drive Milk Street Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street New Chardon Street Newbury Street North Street Park Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Stony Brook Reservation Parkways Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Truman Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Roxbury Parkway Winter Street Yawkey Way
Squares, circles, crossings and corners	Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Dudley Square Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Maverick Square Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner
Italics denote streets that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

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