Court Street (est. July 4, 1788) is located in the

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. Prior to 1788, it was called Prison Lane (1634–1708) and then Queen Street (1708–1788). In the 19th century it extended beyond its current length, to

Bowdoin Square Bowdoin Street in Boston, Massachusetts, extends from the top of Beacon Street, down Beacon Hill to Cambridge Street, near the West End. It was originally called "Middlecott Street" as early as the 1750s. In 1805 it was renamed after the Gover ...

. In the 1960s most of Court Street was demolished to make way for the construction of Government Center. The remaining street extends a few blocks, near the Old State House on State Street.

Tenants of Court Street

Ames Building The Ames Building is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes ranked as the tallest building in Boston from its completion in 1889 until 1915, when the Custom House Tower was built, but the steeple of the 1867 Church of the Covenant ...

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American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge The ''American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge'' (1834–1837) was a monthly magazine based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established by a group of engravers to "give to the public a work descriptive, not merely of subjects, scen ...

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Annin & Smith Annin & Smith (c. 1818-1837) was an engraving firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century, established by William B. Annin and George Girdler Smith. The firm kept offices on Court Street and Cornhill.Boston Directory. 1832 References ...

, 19th-century engravers * ''

Boston Daily Advertiser The ''Boston Daily Advertiser'' (est. March 1813) was the first daily newspaper in Boston, and for many years the only daily paper in Boston. History The ''Advertiser'' was established in early March 1813. It was published by William W. Clapp ...

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, 1635–1822 * Concert Hall (Boston, Massachusetts) * S.H. Gregory & Co., wallpaper, 1840s–1870s * Elias Howe Company music publisher * ''

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'' * Charles H. Keith, music & umbrellas, 1840s–1850s * Munroe & Francis, publishers * ''

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* S.S. Pierce, grocer, 19th century *

Henry Prentiss Henry Prentiss (1801–1859) manufactured musical instruments, umbrellas and published sheet music, which he sold from his shop on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ...

, music & umbrellas, 1830s–1850s * New-England Museum (Boston) * N.S. Simpkins' bookshop, 1820s *

William Tudor William Tudor (March 28, 1750 – July 8, 1819) was an American politician, military officer and lawyer from Boston. His eldest son William Tudor (1779–1830), William became a leading literary figure in Boston. Another son, Frederic Tudor, ...

* Young's Hotel (Boston)

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File:1814 CourtSt area Boston map Hales.png, Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Court St. extending to Bowdoin Square File:CourtHouse CourtSt Bowen PictureOfBoston 1838.jpg, Court House, c. 1838 (engraving by

Abel Bowen __NOTOC__ Abel Bowen (1790-1850) was an engraver, publisher, and author in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. Biography Bowen was born in New York in 1790. Arriving in Boston in 1812, he worked as a printer for the Columbian Museum, at t ...

) File:1855 CourtSt Boston BPL 08 02 003376-1 detail2.jpg, c. 1855 File:S Klous Co HatCapFurStore CourtSt Boston 1850s.jpg, S. Klous & Co. Hat, Cap, and Fur Store, Court St., 1850s (illustration from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion) File:Interior view of the Oriental Tea Co's store by Getchell cropped.jpg, Oriental Tea Co., 85, 87, 89 Court St. (photo by William H. Getchell) File:MadameWalsh millinery CourtSt Boston.png, Madame Walsh, millinery, Court St., 19th century File:Scollay's building, Court St., Boston, Mass, by Soule, John P., 1827-1904.jpg, Scollay's building, Court St., 19th century (stereograph by John P. Soule) File:CourtSt Boston BPL 08 02 003371.jpg, c. 1880s

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