Columbus Avenue (Boston)

Columbus Avenue (est.1860) in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1] runs from Park Square to just south of Melnea Cass Boulevard, as well as from Tremont Street to Walnut Avenue and Seaver Street, where it continues as Seaver Street to Blue Hill Avenue and to Erie Street, where it ends.^[2] It intersects the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods.

Buildings & tenants

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church^[3]
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets
Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe
Home for Aged Couples
Northeastern University
Roxbury Community College
Youth's Companion Building

Former buildings & tenants

Allan Crite
Boston Flower Exchange
Hotel Statler, Columbus Avenue and Arlington Street
Massachusetts Metaphysical College
Pope Manufacturing Company, 1890s
Savoy Cafe^[4]
South End Grounds
Temple Israel (Boston)
Vega Company
Waitt & Bond Factory (Later owned by Alles & Fisher, now part of Northeastern University)^[5]
Walnut Park Tower, 1990 Columbus Avenue

Images

Map of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1883
Boston and Providence R.R. Station, Park Square, late 19th century
Bird's-eye view of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1902
McGreevey's Third Base Saloon, no.940 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing, 1914 (Boston Public Library)
2009

References

↑ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.
↑ City of Boston. Street book. Retrieved 2011-12-30
↑ School of Theology Library. "Methodist Churches in Boston Since 1792". New England Conference Commission on Archives and History. Boston University. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
↑ WGBH. Remembering the Savoy Cafe Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine., 1976
↑ "Susan "Suze" Deitch". Northeastern Alumni. Northeastern University. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

External links

Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress).
- Police Station No. 10, 1170 Columbus Avenue, Boston. "This building is one of the first municipal buildings built in Roxbury after its annexation to Boston in 1868. It is also important as a work by Gridley J.F. Bryant, who with various partners designed a number of buildings in Boston and New England in the late 19th century."
- Edison-Spencer-Grafton Block, 254-264 Columbus Avenue, Boston
New York Public Library. Item related to Columbus Ave., Boston
Boston College.
- Hotel Statler, Columbus Avenue and Arlington Street photo, 1926
- Intersection of Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, photo c. 1933
City of Boston Archives. Photo of Columbus Avenue divisional strip project, June 2, 1948
Columbus Avenue looking north east toward Concord Square, Columbus Ave. Anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill, 1875. Photo by J.W. Black
MIT. Photo

Route map:

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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] City of Boston. Street book. Retrieved 2011-12-30

[methodists-BU-3] School of Theology Library. "Methodist Churches in Boston Since 1792". New England Conference Commission on Archives and History. Boston University. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

[4] WGBH. Remembering the Savoy Cafe Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine., 1976

[5] "Susan "Suze" Deitch". Northeastern Alumni. Northeastern University. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

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 Neptune Road 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/David Ortiz Drive
Squares, circles, crossings and corners	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 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 Scollay Square Sullivan Square Teele Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston