Winter Street (Boston)

Coordinates: 42°21′21.17″N 71°3′40.94″W / 42.3558806°N 71.0613722°W / 42.3558806; -71.0613722
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Winter Street
Winter Street, Boston, c. 1860s (photo by John B. Heywood)
LocationBoston
West endTremont Street
East endWashington Street

Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts, is located between Tremont Street and Washington Street, near the Common. It is currently a pedestrian zone.[1] Prior to 1708, it was called Blott's Lane and then Bannister's Lane..[2][3] It was also known at times as "Winer Street".[4]

See also

Former tenants

References

  1. ^ City of Boston. "Street Book".
  2. ^ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.
  3. ^ Thomas Wait Tucker. Bannisters Lane, 1708-1899: being sundry remarks, some historical and all new and interesting, on Bannisters Lane now named Winter Street and the district immediately thereabout. Boston: Shepard, Norwell & Co., 1899
  4. ^ "Burgiss's Map (1728)"., reprinted by Shurtleff, Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, 3d Edition, 1891, at p.92
  5. ^ "Central Church". Gleasons Pictorial. 5. Boston, Mass. 1853.
  6. ^ "Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Volumes 1–3", by Corcoran Gallery of Art

Image gallery

  • Detail of 1743 map of Boston, showing Winter St. and vicinity
    Detail of 1743 map of Boston, showing Winter St. and vicinity
  • Ann Grayham, importer & retailer, 1767
    Ann Grayham, importer & retailer, 1767
  • "Very neat green and blue umbrilloes, to be sold exceeding low, by Oliver Greenleaf," 1768 (Boston Evening-Post)
    "Very neat green and blue umbrilloes, to be sold exceeding low, by Oliver Greenleaf," 1768 (Boston Evening-Post)
  • Central Congregational Church, c. 1851
    Central Congregational Church, c. 1851
  • Atlantic Monthly, no.1, 1857; published by Phillips, Sampson & Co., 13 Winter St.
    Atlantic Monthly, no.1, 1857; published by Phillips, Sampson & Co., 13 Winter St.
  • Joseph Lyon's "umbrellas, parasols, canes, etc.," 1861
    Joseph Lyon's "umbrellas, parasols, canes, etc.," 1861
  • New England Crape and Lace Refinishing Co., c. 1870
    New England Crape and Lace Refinishing Co., c. 1870
  • Winter Street, Boston, March 2010
    Winter Street, Boston, March 2010

42°21′21.17″N 71°3′40.94″W / 42.3558806°N 71.0613722°W / 42.3558806; -71.0613722