This is a partial list of former
public houses
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
and
coffeehouse
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-ca ...
s in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
. In the 17th and 18th centuries in particular these types of venues functioned also as meeting spaces for business, politics, theater, concerts, exhibitions, and other secular activities.
* Admiral Vernon, southeast corner of State and
Merchants Row.
* Albion, north corner of Beacon and Tremont.
* Beal's Inn, near Faneuil Hall Market in
Dock Square.
* Bite or Bight, Faneuil Hall Square west of Change Avenue.
* Black Horse, west side of Prince Street.
* Blue Anchor, Globe Building.
* Blue Bell, northwest corner Batterymarch and Liberty Square.
* British Coffee House, 66 State Street.
* Bromfield House, 34 Bromfield Street.
* Bull, southwest corner of Summer and Federal.
* Bull's Head, northeast corner Congress and Water.
*
Bunch of Grapes, northwest corner State and Kilby.
* Cape Breton, corner Main and Hancock Square.
* Castle, southwest corner Dock Square and Elm.
* Columbian Coffee House, 17 Court Street.
* Commercial Coffee House, northeast corner Milk and Batterymarch.
*
Concert Hall
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
, southeast corner Hanover and Court.
* Congress House, northeast corner Pearl and High.
* Copp's, south side City Square.
* Cornhill Coffee House, Cornhill Court.
* Cromwell's Head, 13 School Street.
* Cross, northwest corner North and Cross.
* Crown Coffee House, southwest corner State and Chatham Row.
* Dolphin, Fish, later North Street.
* Dove, Masonic Temple.
* Eagle Coffee House, Lewis corner Fulton.
* Earle's Coffee House, 24 Hanover Street.
* Eastern Exchange Hotel, Eastern Avenue.
* Eastern R. R. House, 115 Commercial Street.
* Eastern Stage House, 90 North Street.
* Eastern Steamboat House, 23 Commercial Street.
* Elephant, off North Street.
* Elm Street Hotel, northeast corner Elm and Washington.
* Evan's, Ann, later North Street.
*
Exchange Coffee House, Congress, State and Devonshire.
* Exchange, southwest corner State and Exchange.
* Flower de Luce, northeast corner Bartlett and Blanchard.
* Fobes, Market and Brattle Square.
* Foster's Coffee House, corner Court and Howard.
* Fourth Ward House 9 Wilson's Lane.
* Franklin House, Merchants Row opposite Clinton.
* George, Washington south of Lenox.
* German Coffee House, 155 Pleasant Street.
* Globe, Commercial near Hanover.
* Golden Ball, southeast corner Chatham and Merchants Row.
* Grand Turk, Bijou Theatre.
*
Green Dragon Tavern, Union west of Hanover.
* Greyhound, Washington opposite Vernon.
* Grotou House, 10 Sudbury Street.
* Half Moon, south corner Portland and Hanover.
* Hancock House, Corn Court.
* Hatch's, south corner Tremont and Mason.
* Hazlitt's, corner Washington and Palmer.
* Holland's Coffee House, Howard near Court.
* Horse Shoe, Tremont near Boylston.
* Indian Chief, Harvard Church.
* Indian Queen, Bromfield Street.
* Indian Queen, Parker Block, Washington Street.
* Jefferson House, Prince Street, south side.
*
Julien's Restorator
Julien's Restorator (c. 1793–1823) was a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, established by French-born Jean Baptiste Gilbert Payplat dis Julien.Andrew F. Smith, ed. The Oxford companion to American food and drink. Oxford University Press US, 2 ...
, restaurant, Post Office Square.
* Kent's, Grove Hall.
* King's Arms, formerly George Tavern.
* King's Arms, southeast corner Brattle and Washington.
* King's Head, northeast corner Lewis and North.
* Lafayette House, Washington opposite
Boylston Market
Boylston Market (1810-1887), designed by architect Charles Bulfinch, was located in Boston, Massachusetts, on the corner of Boylston and Washington Streets. Boylston Hall occupied the third floor of the building, and functioned as a performance a ...
.
* Lamb, Adams House.
* Liberty Tree, southeast corner Essex and Washington.
* Lighthouse, northwest corner State and Devonshire.
* Lion, Bijou Theatre.
* Logwood Tree, Commercial Street.
* Mansion House, Milk between
Hawley and Arch.
* Mansion House, south side City Square.
* Manufacturer's Hotel, southeast corner Salem and North Margin.
* Mareans, Elm Street and Dock Square.
* Marlboro Hotel, formerly Rising Sun.
* Marlborough Head, King now State Street.
* Miller's, afterward McLean Hospital.
* Mitre, Ship now Commercial.
* Montgomery House, northeast corner Bromfield and Tremont.
* Mt. Washington House, Washington Heights.
* New England Coffee House, Clinton Street
* Noah's Ark, or Ship Tavern.
* Oliver Cromwell Tavern, School St.
[Boston News-Letter. Sept. 23, 1826; p.133]
* Orange Tree, northeast corner Court and Hanover.
* Page's, corner Main and Gardner.
* Paine's Tavern or White Horse.
* Patterson's, Elm Street junction Washington.
* Peacock, southwest corner Centre and Allandale.
* Pearl Street House, northwest corner Pearl and Milk.
* Pease's, St. Paul's Church.
* Peirce's, northeast corner Charles River Avenue and Water Street.
* Pemberton House, Howard near Tremont Row.
* Perkins' House, Pearl between Milk and High.
* Philadelphia, opposite
Hancock Wharf, North Street.
* Pine Tree, Dock Square.
* Piper's, southwest corner Main and Alford.
* Potter's Orange now Washington Street.
* Punch Bowl, Brookline Gas Works.
* Punch Bowl, Dock Square. (1789)
* Queen's Head, northwest corner North and Clark.
* Red Lion, northwest corner Richmond and North.
* Red, northwest corner Washington and Vernon.
* Ridgway's, Exchange Street.
* Rising Sun, Washington nearly opposite Franklin.
* Robbin's, west side City Square.
* Roebuck, Merchants Row, between Clinton and North.
* Rose and Crown, southwest corner State and Devonshire.
* Salutation, northwest corner Hanover and Salutation.
* Seven Star, west corner Summer and Hawley.
* Shakespeare, Water below Devonshire.
* Ship in Distress, Fleet opposite Moon.
* Ship, North near Fleet.
* Ship, southeast corner Charles River Avenue and Water.
* Stackpole House, Milk on Post Office site.
* Star, northeast corner Hanover and
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
* State Arms, southeast corner State and Exchange.
* Sun, southwest corner Dock and Faneuil Hall Squares.
* Swan, northeast corner Fleet and North.
* Swan, Washington corner Hollis.
* Three Mariners, State near Merchants Row.
* Tremont House, south corner Tremont and Beacon.
* Turnbull's, northeast corner Charles River Avenue and Water.
* Two Palavers.
* Washington Coffee House, Boston Transcript.
* Washington Hotel, later Bromfield House.
* Washington House, Washington Market.
*
White Horse
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, Washington south of Avery.
* Wilde's, Elm junction of Washington.
* Winthrop House, Masonic Temple.
* Yankee Hero, Elm Street.
See also
*
List of public house topics
References
External links
{{commons category, Coffeehouses in Boston
Further reading
Bacon's dictionary of Boston Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1886.
* Drake and Watkins
Old Boston taverns and tavern clubs new ed. W. A. Butterfield, 1917.
* Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Boston in the Revolution a souvenir of the 17th congress. Boston, 1906.
Pubs
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
Pubs
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
Pubs
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
Boston former public houses
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...