Franklin Street (established ) is located in the
Financial District
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of
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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, United States.
History
It was developed at the end of the 18th century by
Charles Bulfinch
Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice.Baltzell, Edward Digby. ''Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia''. Tra ...
, and included the now-demolished Tontine Crescent and
Franklin Place.
[Walter Muir Whitehill. Boston: a topographical history, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968; p.52]
Former tenants
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George Melville Baker
George Melville Baker (1832–1890) was a playwright and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He worked for Lee & Shepard
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Lee & Shepard (1862-1905) was a publishing and bookselling firm in Boston, Massachuse ...
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Boston Library Society
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Federal Street Theatre
The Federal Street Theatre (1793–1852), also known as the Boston Theatre, was located at the corner of Federal Street (Boston), Federal and Franklin Street (Boston), Franklin streets in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was "the first b ...
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Abram French & Co., crockery shop, 19th century
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Holy Cross Church, Boston
The Church of the Holy Cross (1803-ca.1862) was located on Franklin Street (Boston), Franklin Street in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1808 the church became the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. It was designed by Charles Bulfinch and was the first ch ...
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Lee & Shepard
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Lee & Shepard (1862-1905) was a publishing and bookselling firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century, established by William Lee (1826–1906) and Charles Augustus Billings Shepard (1829–1889) Authors published by the firm ...
Gallery
Image:FederalStreetTheatre Boston ca1798.jpg, Federal St. Theatre, corner of Federal and Franklin St., c. 1798
Image:1814 CourtSt area Boston map Hales.png, Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Franklin St., Franklin Place, and vicinity
Image:1825 Churchill Collamore FranklinSt Boston.png, Churchill, Collamore, & Co., China & Glass Warehouse, corner of Franklin and Washington St., c. 1825
Image:FranklinSt ca1830 Boston SimonsUPNE.png, Franklin St., c. 1830
Image:Franklin Street, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 10.jpg, Franklin St. after the fire, 1872
Image:1876 parade FranklinSt Boston June17.jpg, Parade, June 17, 1876
Image:Franklin Street, looking up, Boston, Mass, by Soule, John P., 1827-1904 2.jpg, Photo by John P. Soule, 19th century
Image:1905 Browning Hats Boston MFABoston.png, C.A. Browning & Co., 1904
See also
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Franklin Place
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State Street Bank Building
State Street Bank Building, also known as 225 Franklin Street, is a high-rise office building located in the Financial District, Boston, Massachusetts. The building stands at with 33 floors and was completed in 1966. It is tied with 33 Arch ...
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Wigglesworth Building
The Wigglesworth Building is a historic building at 89-83 Franklin Street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. The five-story Neo-Gothic Panel Brick building was constructed in 1873, and was one of the first buildings rebuilt aft ...
References
External links
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
Streets in Boston
1798 establishments in Massachusetts
History of Boston
Financial District, Boston
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