Winter Street (Boston)

Summary

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]

Winter Street
Winter Street, Boston, c. 1860s (photo by John B. Heywood)
LocationBoston
West endTremont Street
East endWashington Street

See also edit

Former tenants

References edit

  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 edit

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