Park Street, Boston

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]

For other uses, see Park Street.
Park Street, Boston, 19th-century Boston Common (at left), Massachusetts State House (at top)

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]

  • 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

See also

References
  1. http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/streetbook/
  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.


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