Park Street is a small but historic road in the center of
Boston, Massachusetts. It begins at the top of
Beacon Hill, at the intersection of
Beacon Street
Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and its western suburbs Brookline and Newton. It passes through many of Boston's central and western neighborhoods, including Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway–Kenmore, the Boston Uni ...
, 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 in Boston's city center as a continuation of Cambridge Street, and forms the eastern edge of Boston Common. Continuing in a roughly so ...
, with
Boston Common
The Boston Common (also known as the 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 Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, Beacon ...
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
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Computer scientists and mathematicians often voc ...
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
The Hancock Manor was a house located at 30 Beacon Street on Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. It stood near the southwest corner of what are today the grounds of the Massachusetts State House.
Description
The Manor was built between 1734 and 17 ...
(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
The Park Street District is a historic district encompassing a small cluster of historic properties on or near Park Street in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. The district covers an entire city block delineated by Park Street, Beacon Street ...
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Boston Common
The Boston Common (also known as the 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 Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, Beacon ...
* 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 Church, founded in 1804, is a historic and active evangelical congregational megachurch in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The Park Street Church is a member of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference. Typical attendance a ...
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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 and Tremont Street at the eastern edge of Boston Common in Downtown Boston. One of the two oldest stations on the "T" (the ...
, 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
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Amory-Ticknor House
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Union Club of Boston __NOTOC__
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 origi ...
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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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