Franklin_Street_(Boston)

Franklin Street (Boston)

Franklin Street (Boston)

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Franklin Street (established c. 1798) is located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[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]

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Former tenants

  • 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

See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Walter Muir Whitehill. Boston: a topographical history, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968; p.52
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