Franklin Street (Boston)

Franklin Street, Boston, 2010

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

Former tenants

• George Melville Baker
• Boston Library Society
• Federal Street Theatre
• Abram French & Co., crockery shop, 19th century
• Holy Cross Church, Boston
• Lee & Shepard

Gallery

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  Federal St. Theatre, corner of Federal and Franklin St., c. 1798

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  Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Franklin St., Franklin Place, and vicinity

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  Churchill, Collamore, & Co., China & Glass Warehouse, corner of Franklin and Washington St., c. 1825

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  Franklin St., c. 1830

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  Franklin St. after the fire, 1872

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  Parade, June 17, 1876

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  Photo by John P. Soule, 19th century

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  C.A. Browning & Co., 1904

See also

• Franklin Place
• State Street Bank Building
• Wigglesworth Building

References

External links

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

Coordinates: 42°21′19.91″N 71°3′22.79″W / 42.3555306°N 71.0563306°W / 42.3555306; -71.0563306

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