Winter Street (Boston)
Encyclopedia
Winter Street in Boston
, Massachusetts
is located between Tremont Street
and Washington Street
, near the Common
. It is currently a pedestrian zone. Prior to 1708, it was called Blott's Lane and then Bannister's Lane.
Former tenants
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
is located between Tremont Street
Tremont Street
Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts.-Etymology:The name is a variation of one of the original appellations of the city, "Trimountaine," a reference to a hill that formerly had three peaks. Beacon Hill, with its single peak, is all that remains of the Trimountain...
and Washington Street
Washington Street (Boston)
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of it was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early nineteenth century...
, near the Common
Boston Common
Boston Common is a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the "Boston Commons". Dating from 1634, it is the oldest city park in the United States. The Boston Common consists of of land bounded by Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street,...
. It is currently a pedestrian zone. Prior to 1708, it was called Blott's Lane and then Bannister's Lane.
See also
- Downtown CrossingDowntown CrossingDowntown Crossing is a shopping district in Boston, Massachusetts, located due east of Boston Common and west of the Financial District. It features large department stores as well as restaurants, music stores, souvenir sellers, general retail establishments, and many street vendors...
- Boston Music HallBoston Music HallThe Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional entrance on Hamilton Place.One of oldest continuously operating theaters in the United States, it was built in 1852 and was the original home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The hall...
Former tenants
- M.M. BallouMaturin Murray BallouMaturin Murray Ballou was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial; was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe; and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.-1820s - 1840s:Ballou was born in Boston in 1820, to parents Hosea...
, publisher - Deloss BarnumDeloss BarnumDeloss Barnum was a photographer in New York and Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-19th century.Around 1857 Barnum kept a daguerreotype studio on Winter Street in Boston; by 1858 he'd moved to Commercial Street. In 1856-1860 he lived in Roxbury....
, photographer - Draper & FolsomDraper & FolsomDraper & Folsom were publishers in Boston, Massachusetts during the American revolution. They printed works by William Billings, John Lathrop, and others. Around 1778, Edward Draper and John West Folsom formed a partnership as printers. They began working "at their printing-office, near the Lamb...
, publishers - Gilchrist'sGilchrist'sGilchrist's was a Boston department store. Its flagship store was at the intersection of Washington and Winter Streets, across from both Filene's and Jordan Marsh in Downtown Crossing....
store - A.N. HardyAmory N. HardyAmory N. Hardy or A.N. Hardy was a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He kept a studio on Winter Street and Washington Street .-External links:...
, photographer - Josiah LeavittJosiah LeavittDr. Josiah Leavitt was an early Massachusetts physician and inventor. Possessed of an early love for mechanical movements and for music, Dr...
- Polyanthos (magazine)Polyanthos (magazine)The Polyanthos was a monthly literary magazine published in Boston, Massachusetts by Joseph Tinker Buckingham....
- Schoenhof & Moeller
- S.R. UrbinoSampson R. UrbinoSampson R. Urbino or S.R. Urbino was a German-born bookseller, publisher and library proprietor in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in foreign-language books....
, foreign books