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]
 Franklin Street, Boston, 2010 | |
| Location | Boston |
|---|---|
| West end | Washington Street |
| Major junctions | Federal Street Congress Street |
| East end | India Street |
Former tenants edit
- George Melville Baker
- Boston Library Society
- Federal Street Theatre
- Abram French & Co., crockery shop, 19th century
- Holy Cross Church, Boston
- Lee & Shepard
Gallery edit
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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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franklin Street (Boston, Massachusetts).
- 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
- Flickr
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