1904 SummerSt Boston by DetroitPublishingCo detail 13

Summer Street (est. 1708) in Boston, Massachusetts, extends from

Downtown Crossing Downtown Crossing is a shopping district within downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located east of Boston Common, west of the Financial District, south of Government Center, and north of Chinatown and the old Combat Zone. It features large ...

in the

Financial District A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies and other related finance corporations have their head offices. In major cities, financial districts are often home to s ...

, over

Fort Point Channel Fort Point Channel is a maritime channel separating South Boston from downtown Boston, Massachusetts, feeding into Boston Harbor. The south part of it has been gradually filled in for use by the South Bay rail yard and several highways (specif ...

, and into the

Seaport District The Seaport District, or simply the Seaport, is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of the larger neighborhood of South Boston, and is also sometimes called the Innovation District. The Seaport is a formerly industrial area that ...

to the southeast. In the mid-19th century it was also called Seven Star Lane. Along the route is

Dewey Square Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts which lies at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer Street, Federal Street, Purchase Street and the John F. Kennedy Surface Road, with the Central Artery (I-93) passing underne ...

, which is formed by the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer,

Federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

, and Purchase Streets with the Surface Artery of the Boston

Central Artery The Central Artery (officially the John F. Fitzgerald Expressway) is a section of freeway in downtown Boston, Massachusetts; it is designated as Interstate 93, US 1 and Route 3. The original Artery, constructed in the 1950s, was named after ...

(

I-93 Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways ...

). The intermodal transit terminal

South Station South Station, officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston and New England's second-largest transportation center after Logan In ...

is also located along the road, with

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

and

MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track to 141 different stations, with 58 statio ...

services, as well as Red Line subway trains and Silver Line

bus rapid transit Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...

. In South Boston, Summer Street goes past the

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is an exhibition center in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is among the largest exhibition centers in the Northeastern United States, with approximately 516,000 square feet (about 4.8 hect ...

Current and former residents

Notable locations

100 Summer Street 100 Summer Street is a high-rise building located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The building stands at with 33 floors, over 1.03 million square feet (over 92,000 m2) of office space, and was completed in 1974. It is ranked 24th on the ...

* Boston Internet Exchange at One Summer Street * Federal Reserve Bank of Boston *

Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments, commonly referred to as Fidelity, earlier as Fidelity Management & Research or FMR, is an American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was established in 1946 and is on ...

Previous residents

* John Hull - "Hull Mint"; 1651-1682 *

John Andrew & Son John Andrew & Son (est.1869) was an engraving firm in Boston, Massachusetts, established by John Andrew and his son George T. Andrew. Work produced by the firm appeared in publications of Lee & Shepard __NOTOC__ Lee & Shepard (1862-1905) was a ...

Joseph Barrell Joseph Barrell (December 15, 1869 – May 4, 1919) was an American geologist who developed many ideas on the origins of the Earth, isostasy and ideas on the origins of sedimentary rocks. He suggested that they were produced by the action of riv ...

, c. 1784 *

Edward Everett Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Massa ...

, 1852-1865 *

Filene's Department Store Filene's Department Store was a department store building at 426 Washington Street in Downtown Crossing, Boston, Massachusetts. It was the flagship store of the Filene's department store chain. The building has been renovated and now serves as ...

* William Gray, 19th-century merchantDrake. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. 1872, p. 201 *

C.F. Hovey and Co. Charles Fox Hovey (1807–1859) was a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts who established C.F. Hovey and Co., a department store on Summer Street. Through the years Hovey's business partners included Washington Williams, James H. Bryden, Richard ...

* New South Church * L.C. Page & Company *

Ebenezer Pemberton Ebenezer Pemberton (1746 – June 25, 1835) was an American educator and 2nd Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1786 to 1793. Refusing to follow his uncle's wishes to become a clergyman, Pemberton pursued a teaching career that would ...

, c. 1810, educator * James Sullivan, governor * Trinity Church

Image gallery

File:1635 BendellsCove Boston map byGeorgeLamb.png, Hull Mint #96 File:1769 SummerSt Boston map WilliamPrice.png, Detail of 1769 map of Boston, showing extent of Summer Street from Washington Street to Sea Street File:SummerSt Boston.png, 19th century File:2884595147 TrinityChurch SummerSt.jpg, 1846 File:TappanHouse SummerSt ArchSt Boston.png, Tappan house, 19th century File:Summer Street, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 4.jpg, c. 1870 File:1904 SummerSt Boston by DetroitPublishingCo detail 2.jpg, 1904 File:1917 BoutwellFaircloughGold SummerSt Boston byLewisHine LC 05187v.jpg, Edward McGurin, 14 years old, wringing curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street, 1917; photo by

Lewis Hine Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs were instrumental in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States. Early life ...

File:2008 125SummerSt Boston.jpg, 2008

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