Park Street, Boston

Park Street, Boston, 19th-century Boston Common (at left), Massachusetts State House (at top)

Park Street is a small but historic road in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins at the top of Beacon Hill, at the intersection of Beacon Street, where it is lined up with the front of the Massachusetts State House. It then spills down the hill toward Tremont Street, with Boston Common to its west.^[1]

History

Park Street was laid out in 1804, initially as Park Place, replacing the previous Sentry Street.^[2]

In the 1880s, the feminist Woman's Journal was published on Park Street. Houghton Mifflin was also headquartered here beginning in the late 19th century.^[3]

Gallery

Park St., c. 1815; Park Street Church (at right), Hancock mansion (in distance across Common, at upper left)
Park St., c. 1860, looking towards Tremont St.; Amory Ticknor house (on left, behind fountain)
Union Club, Park St., 1875
Winter scene, 19th century
Park St. gate, Boston Common, 19th century
Amory Ticknor house, 1935, at corner of Beacon St. and Park St.
Corner of Park and Tremont Streets, Boston, 2008
Park Street looking from near the Massachusetts State House, 2008
1904 Park St Boston

References

↑ http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/streetbook/
↑ "A Brief History of the Union Club". The Union Club of Boston. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ Boston almanac and business directory, 1887, 1894. Boston register and business directory, 1921.

Coordinates: 42°21′26.53″N 71°3′46.35″W / 42.3573694°N 71.0628750°W / 42.3573694; -71.0628750

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[1] ttp://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/streetbook/

[union-2] "A Brief History of the Union Club". The Union Club of Boston. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

[3] Boston almanac and business directory, 1887, 1894. Boston register and business directory, 1921.

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

Park Street, Boston

History

Gallery

See also

References