Park Street is a short but historic road in the center of
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
. It begins at the top of
Beacon Hill, at the intersection of
Beacon Street
Beacon Street is a major east–west street in Boston, Massachusetts, and its western suburbs of Brookline, Massachusetts, Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts, Newton. It passes through many of Boston's central and western neighborhoods, includ ...
, where it is lined up with the front of the
Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the List of state capitols in the United States, state capitol and seat of government for the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, lo ...
. It then spills down the hill toward
Tremont Street
Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tremont Street begins at Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Government Center in Boston's city center as a continuation of Cambridge Street, and forms the eastern edge of ...
, with
Boston Common
The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of of land bounded by five major Boston streets: Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charl ...
to its west.
History
Park Street was laid out in 1804, initially as Park Place, replacing the previous Sentry Street.
In the 1880s, the feminist ''
Woman's Journal
''Woman's Journal'' was an American women's rights periodical published from 1870 to 1931. It was founded in 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Lucy Stone and her husband Henry Browne Blackwell as a weekly newspaper. In 1917 it was purchased by ...
'' was published on Park Street.
Houghton Mifflin
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was also headquartered here beginning in the late 19th century.
[Boston almanac and business directory, 1887, 1894. Boston register and business directory, 1921.]
Gallery
Image:ParkSt. ca.1815 Boston SimonsUPNE.png, Park St., c. 1815; Park Street Church (at right), Hancock mansion (in distance across Common, at upper left)
Image:ParkSt ca1860 Boston LOC210034v.jpg, Park St., c. 1860, looking towards Tremont St.; Amory Ticknor house (on left, behind fountain)
Image:1875 UnionClub ParkSt Boston June17.png, Union Club, Park St., 1875
Image:Winter scene in Park Street, by John B. Heywood.jpg, Winter scene, 19th century
Image:ParkSt gate Boston.png, Park St. gate, Boston Common, 19th century
Image:1935 AmoryTicknorHouse ParkSt Boston byArthurCHaskell detail7 LC HABS ma0898.jpg, Amory Ticknor house, 1935, at corner of Beacon St. and Park St.
Image:Park Street headhouse and Park Street Church, June 2008.jpg, Corner of Park and Tremont Streets, Boston, 2008
Image:Park Street Boston Massachusetts.jpg, Park Street looking from near the Massachusetts State House, 2008
Image:1904 ParkSt Boston.png, 1904 Park St Boston
See also
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Park Street District
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Boston Common
The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of of land bounded by five major Boston streets: Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charl ...
* The
Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the List of state capitols in the United States, state capitol and seat of government for the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, lo ...
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Park Street Church
Park Street Congregational Church, founded in 1809, is a historic and active evangelical congregational church in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Park Street Church is a member of the Conservative Congregational Christian Confer ...
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Park Street (MBTA station)
Park Street station is an MBTA subway station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the intersection of Park Street, Boston, Park Street and Tremont Street at the eastern edge of Boston Common in Downtown Boston. One of the two oldest stat ...
, the first subway station in the United States, is located at the corner of Park and Tremont Streets and is a major transfer point between the Red and Green rapid transit lines.
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No. 9 Park
No. 9 Park was a restaurant in the Beacon Hill, Boston, Beacon Hill neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States, that closed December 31, 2024. Situated at 9 Park Street, Boston, Park Street, overlooking the northeastern corner ...
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Amory-Ticknor House
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Union Club of Boston
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The Union Club of Boston, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the United States. It is located on Beacon Hill, adjacent to the Massachusetts State House. The clubhouse at No. 7 and No. 8 Park Street was origina ...
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Fox 25 News studios, built to include the State House as its backdrop
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Paulist Center & Chapel
References
Streets in Boston
Beacon Hill, Boston
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