Cornhill, Boston

This article is about the Boston street named in 1829. For the Cornhill section of Washington Street, see Washington Street (Boston).
Cornhill, Boston, 1962

Cornhill was a street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th and 20th centuries, located on the site of the current City Hall Plaza in Government Center. It was named in 1829; previously it was known as Market Street (1807-1828).[1][2] In its time, it comprised a busy part of the city near Brattle Street, Court Street and Scollay Square. In the 19th century, it was the home of many bookstores and publishing companies.[3] As of 1969, Cornhill exists as 144 feet along the edge of City Hall Plaza.[4]

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Previous tenants of Cornhill

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References

  1. Edward Hartwell Savage (1886), Boston events, Boston: Mutual News Co.
  2. From 1708 to 1824, a portion of Washington Street was known as "Cornhill;" cf. Boston (Mass.). Street laying-out Dept. (1910), A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston (2 ed.), Boston: City of Boston Printing Dept.
  3. "Cornhill – Once Boston's Literary Center, Today Replaced by Government Center". Forgotten New England. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. "Public way. Open from Franklin Ave to approximately 144 feet easterly." cf. "Street Book". City of Boston. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  5. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  6. 1 2 Susan Southworth; Michael Southworth (2008), AIA guide to Boston (3 ed.), Guilford, Conn: Globe Pequot, OCLC 175057014
  7. Boston Directory. 1832
  8. Boston Directory. 1857
  9. American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1, no. 5153
  10. Boston Directory. 1861

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Coordinates: 42°21′34.58″N 71°3′27.81″W / 42.3596056°N 71.0577250°W / 42.3596056; -71.0577250

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