Summer Street (est. 1708) in

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, extends from Downtown Crossing in the

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, over Fort Point Channel, and into the

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to the southeast. In the mid-19th century it was also called Seven Star Lane. Seven Star Lane was named so for "Seven Stars," a tavern once located at the northwest corner of Summer and Hawley streets. Along the route is Dewey Square, which is formed by the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer, Federal, and Purchase Streets with the Surface Artery of the Boston Central Artery (

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). The intermodal transit terminal South Station is also located along the road, with

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and

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services, as well as Red Line subway trains and Silver Line bus rapid transit. In South Boston, Summer Street goes past the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Current and former residents

Notable locations

* 100 Summer Street * Boston Internet Exchange at One Summer Street *

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* South Station

Notable residents

* John Andrew & Son *

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Edward Everett Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Mas ...

* Filene's Department Store * William Gray, 19th-century merchantDrake. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. 1872, p. 201 * John Hull * New South Church * L.C. Page & Company * Ebenezer Pemberton, c. 1810, educator * James Sullivan, governor * Trinity Church

Image gallery

File:1635 BendellsCove Boston map byGeorgeLamb.png, Hull Mint #96 File:1769 SummerSt Boston map WilliamPrice.png, Detail of 1769 map of Boston, showing extent of Summer Street from Washington Street to Sea Street File:SummerSt Boston.png, 19th century File:2884595147 TrinityChurch SummerSt.jpg, 1846 File:TappanHouse SummerSt ArchSt Boston.png, Tappan house, 19th century File:Summer Street, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 4.jpg, c. 1870 File:1904 SummerSt Boston by DetroitPublishingCo detail 2.jpg, 1904 File:1917 BoutwellFaircloughGold SummerSt Boston byLewisHine LC 05187v.jpg, Edward McGurin, 14 years old, wringing curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street, 1917; photo by

Lewis Hine Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh ...

File:2008 125SummerSt Boston.jpg, 2008

References

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