Court Street (est. July 4, 1788) is located in the

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. Prior to 1788, it was called Prison Lane (1634–1708) and then Queen Street (1708–1788). In the 19th century it extended beyond its current length, to Bowdoin Square. In the 1960s most of Court Street was demolished to make way for the construction of Government Center. The remaining street extends a few blocks, near the Old State House on State Street.

Tenants of Court Street

* Ames Building ;Former tenants * '' American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge'' * Annin & Smith, 19th-century engravers * ''

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'' * Boston Gaol (Massachusetts), 1635–1822 * Concert Hall (Boston, Massachusetts) * S.H. Gregory & Co., wallpaper, 1840s–1870s * Elias Howe Company music publisher * ''

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'' * Charles H. Keith, music & umbrellas, 1840s–1850s * Munroe & Francis, publishers * '' The New-England Courant'' * Palace Theatre * S.S. Pierce, grocer, 19th century * Henry Prentiss, music & umbrellas, 1830s–1850s * New-England Museum (Boston) * N.S. Simpkins' bookshop, 1820s *

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* Young's Hotel (Boston)

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File:1814 CourtSt area Boston map Hales.png, Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Court St. extending to Bowdoin Square File:CourtHouse CourtSt Bowen PictureOfBoston 1838.jpg, Court House, c. 1838 (engraving by Abel Bowen) File:1855 CourtSt Boston BPL 08 02 003376-1 detail2.jpg, c. 1855 File:S Klous Co HatCapFurStore CourtSt Boston 1850s.jpg, S. Klous & Co. Hat, Cap, and Fur Store, Court St., 1850s (illustration from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion) File:Interior view of the Oriental Tea Co's store by Getchell cropped.jpg, Oriental Tea Co., 85, 87, 89 Court St. (photo by William H. Getchell) File:MadameWalsh millinery CourtSt Boston.png, Madame Walsh, millinery, Court St., 19th century File:Scollay's building, Court St., Boston, Mass, by Soule, John P., 1827-1904.jpg, Scollay's building, Court St., 19th century (stereograph by John P. Soule) File:CourtSt Boston BPL 08 02 003371.jpg, c. 1880s

Tenants of Court Street

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