Cornhill, Boston
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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. As of 1969, Cornhill exists as 144 feet along the edge of City Hall Plaza.[3]
See also
- City Hall Plaza
- Sears' Crescent building (built 1816) 100 City Hall Plaza; formerly 38-68 Cornhill)[4][5]
- Sears' Block (built 1848) corner Court + Washington St., formerly 70-72 Cornhill[5][4]
- Previous tenants of Cornhill
- Annin & Smith, 19th-century engravers[6]
- Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, Located in the Iver Johnson Building, corner of Washington Street and Cornhill
- Daniel Clement Colesworthy, bookseller, c. 1850s[7]
- Frost & Adams, art supplies
- The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper), published by Isaac Knapp, Cornhill, c. 1837[8]
- Bela Marsh, 19th century publisher
- F.T. Somerby, painter
Images
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Detail of 1826 map of Boston, showing Market Street (renamed Cornhill in 1828)
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Detail of 1832 map of Boston, showing Cornhill and vicinity
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Cornhill, c. 1836. Shows shops of Light & Horton; Gerry & Burt; George W. Light; Peck & Co.; William Peirce; etc.
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Advertising for the Prisoner's Friend published on Cornhill, c. 1840s. "Devoted to the abolition of capitol punishment, and the improvement of prison discipline"
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Advertisement for George C. Rand & Co. printers, 1849
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Advertisement for Stephen Smith's Desk Warehouse, 1854
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Whig Headquarters, 1856
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Ad for James Campbell, antiquarian bookshop, c. 1860s[1]
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c. 1897
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Cornhill, Boston, c. 1905
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Overview of Brattle St. (left), Cornhill (right), and Faneuil Hall (upper right), c. 1920
- ^ Boston Directory. 1861
References
- ↑ Edward Hartwell Savage (1886), Boston events, Boston: Mutual News Co.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Public way. Open from Franklin Ave to approximately 144 feet easterly." cf. "Street Book". City of Boston. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- 1 2 Susan Southworth; Michael Southworth (2008), AIA guide to Boston (3 ed.), Guilford, Conn: Globe Pequot, OCLC 175057014
- ↑ Boston Directory. 1832
- ↑ Boston Directory. 1857
- ↑ American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1, no. 5153
Further reading
- "Old Boston Booksellers: the Three Burnham Brothers and their Antecedents." New York Times, July 21, 1893. (Mentions Samuel B. Drake and Burnham Brothers, booksellers).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornhill (Boston, Massachusetts). |
- Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
- G.Kepes. Photo of Scollay Square From Pemberton Square Looking Across to Cornhill Street, 1957.
- Flickr. Sears Crescent, 1999
- Flickr. Sears Crescent, 2008
- Flickr. Photo, 2009
Coordinates: 42°21′34.58″N 71°3′27.81″W / 42.3596056°N 71.0577250°W