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]

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

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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[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

Streets and squares in Boston
East-west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North-south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square 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 Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

Franklin Street (Boston)

Former tenants

Gallery

See also

References

External links