Street in Boston, Massachusetts, US
Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts, is located in the Financial District and South Boston. It was first named in 1800. It was extended in 1854 (from State Street) as far as Atlantic Avenue, and in 1874 across Fort Point Channel into South Boston. Today's Congress Street consists of several segments of streets, previously named Atkinson's Street, Dalton Street, Gray's Alley, Leverett's Lane, Quaker Lane, and Shrimpton's Lane.[1][2]
See also
Images
Julien's Restorator, corner of
Milk Street and Congress St. (demolished 1824)
Dalton house, corner of Congress St. and Water St., Boston, c. 19th century
Detail of 1829 map of Boston, showing extent of Congress St.; (Atkinson St. would become part of Congress St. in 1854)
Issue No.1,
The Liberator, 1831; published from Office #11, Merchants Hall, on Water Street at the corner of Congress Street, Boston
Advertisement for Welch & Griffiths, cast-steel saws, 1852
Advertisement for William Bond & Son, chronometer and watch makers, 1861
Congress St. after the
fire of 1872Congress St. (looking from Milk St.), after the fire, 1872; photo by
John P. SouleDetail of 1883 map of Boston, showing Congress St. and vicinity
Stock Exchange, Congress St., Boston, 1910s
Congress Street Bridge (at far right), 2007
Congress St., Boston, looking towards Merrimac St., 2010
References
- ^ Boston (Mass.). Street laying-out Dept. (1910), A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston (2 ed.), Boston: City of Boston Printing Dept., OL 16574538M
- ^ "Street Book". City of Boston. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Congress Street (Boston, Massachusetts).
- Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
- "Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA". Historic American Engineering Record. Library of Congress.
- "Plan of the estates nos. 246 to 252 Congress corner of Purchase Street..., 1869". Boston Public Library.
42°21′23.5″N 71°3′22.35″W / 42.356528°N 71.0562083°W / 42.356528; -71.0562083