Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in
Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...
,
, United States founded in June 1630.
It is named after Zechariah Field (born in East Ardsley in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, Eng., about 1600; arrived in Boston, 1629). He
was a son of John and grandson of
John Field John Field may refer to:
*John Field (American football) (1886–1979), American football player and coach
*John Field (brigadier) (1899–1974), Australian Army officer
*John Field (composer) (1782–1837), Irish composer
*John Field (dancer) (192 ...
, a distinguished
astronomer of England. He lived in Dorchester, 1630. His place
of residence is still known as Fields' Corner.
The area is served by the newly refurbished
Fields Corner subway station on the Ashmont branch of the
MBTA Red Line
The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south and east underground from Alewife station in North Cambridge through Somerville and Cam ...
. The X-shaped intersection of Adams Street and Dorchester Avenue marks the center of one of Dorchester's busiest commercial districts. The Fields Corner district is distinguished by several landmark buildings, including one of Dorchester's most well-known, One Fields Corner, also known as the Lenane Building or the
Liggett Drug Store Building, at 1448-1456 Dorchester Avenue, a triangular building with prominent curved facade dominating the south side of the Adams Street/Dorchester Avenue intersection. On the east side of the intersection is an enormous brick building which houses a U.S. Post Office and is known as the O'Hearn Storage Building, which once housed a music hall and today displays little of its original character as a building designed by noted Dorchester architect Edwin J. Lewis.
To the north is the
Fields Corner Municipal Building
The Fields Corner Municipal Building is a historic municipal building at 1 Arcadia Street and 195 Adams Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1875, it is a prominent local example of Victorian Gothic architect ...
(1874, now housing professional offices), located at 195 Adams Street on the corner of Arcadia Street, and, a short walk up Adams Street, Ronan Park, an 11-acre hilltop park with a gorgeous view to Dorchester Bay. Residential areas such as Meetinghouse Hill, Clam Point, Melville Park surround the Fields Corner business district and are characterized by densely packed three-decker housing or Victorian homes in yards. Residents are a diverse mix of Vietnamese Americans, Hispanic-speaking peoples, and Americans of African descent, and European descent. Fields Corner is known in Boston for its Vietnamese restaurants serving excellent pho (Vietnamese soup), Dorchester's long-standing Irish population is represented by several pubs, including the Blarney Stone, where it is said draft Guinness was first served in the United States.
External links
Fields Corner History, Dorchester Atheneum
References
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Neighborhoods in Boston
Dorchester, Boston
Streetcar suburbs
Populated places established in 1630
1630 establishments in Massachusetts