Tremont Row (1830s-1920s) in
Boston
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, was a short street that flourished in the 19th and early-20th centuries. It was located near the intersection of
Court
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Tremont, and Cambridge streets, in today's
Government Center area. It existed until the 1920s, when it became known as
Scollay Square
300px, Scollay Square, Boston, 19th century (after September 1880)
350px, Scollay Square, Decoration Day, 19th century (after September 1880)
Scollay Square (c. 1838–1962) was a vibrant city square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was na ...
. In 1859 the ''Barre Gazette'' newspaper described Tremont Row as "the great Dry Goods Street of Boston."
Tenants
Anthony Feola Photographer
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Thomas Gold Appleton
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Austin and Stone's Dime Museum
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Thomas Ball, sculptor
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Hammatt Billings
Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (1818–1874) was an artist and architect from Boston, Massachusetts.
Among his works are the original illustrations for ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (both the initial printing
and an expanded 1853 edition),
the Na ...
, architect
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Boston Artists' Association
* Comstock & Ross
[American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1]
* Cutting & Turner, photographers
* John J.P. Davis, daguerreotype artist
* Dobson & Schumann, photographers
* R.A. Dobson, photographer
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John Doggett
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& Co.
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Thomas Edwards (artist)
Thomas Edwards (1795–1869) was an artist in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in portraits. Born in London and trained at the Royal Academy,Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 17, 1820 he worked in Boston in the 1820s-1850s, and in Worc ...
* Marguerite F. Foley, "cameo cutter"
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E.J. Foss, photographer
* Miss Addie M. Gendron, photographer
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Frederick Gleason, publisher
* Mr. Gray, portrait artist
* Harris & Stanwood, silver
* Haven, Pierce & Co., shoes
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Josiah Johnson Hawes, photographer
* Heard & Mosele
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John B. Heywood (photographer), John B. Heywood
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Albert Gallatin Hoit
Albert Gallatin Hoit (December 13, 1809 – December 18, 1856) was an American painter who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. He painted portraits of William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster and Brenton Halliburton.
Biography
Hoit was born in Sa ...
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Charles Hubbard (artist)
* William Hudson Jr., artist
* F.A. Jones & Co. "Great Silk and Shawl House"
* Joseph Leonard, auctioneer; Leonard & Cunningham
* Leonard & Pierce
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G.H. Loomis, photographer
* Mayer's Confectionary
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Mechanic Apprentices Library Association
* Naismith Photographer
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William H. Oakesbr>
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Alfred Ordway
* Pavilion Hotel
* George P. Reed, publisher
* Scollay Theatre
* Sharp & Michelin lithographer
* Southworth & Hawes
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, photographers
* I.A. Wetherbee
* Merrill G. Wheelock
* Moses Wight, artist
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Images
Image:1838 TremontRow TemontSt map Tallis Boston BPLM8774.png, Detail of map of Boston in 1838, showing Tremont Row.
Image:1848 Tuttle 31 Tremont Row BostonDirectory.png, Advertisement for Tuttle & Oakes boots and shoes, 1848
Image:1848 Southworth Hawes BostonDirectory.png, Advertisement for Southworth & Hawes, daguerreotypists, 1848
Image:BrattleSt ca1860 TremontRow BostonianSociety.png, Brattle Street, looking up towards Tremont Row, c. 1860s (Bostonian Society)
Image:1868 Hunt advert 3 Tremont Row Boston.png, Advertisement for J.S. Hunt & Co. detective office, 1868
Image:1916 TheatreComique TremontRow Boston.png, Theatre Comique, Tremont Row, Boston, c. 1916
See also
* Scollay Square
300px, Scollay Square, Boston, 19th century (after September 1880)
350px, Scollay Square, Decoration Day, 19th century (after September 1880)
Scollay Square (c. 1838–1962) was a vibrant city square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was na ...
References
Further reading
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External links
* Bostonian Society. Photos:
** J.J. Hawes
57-1/2 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, c. 1865
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24-28 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, c. 1880-95
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3-7 Tremont Row, c. 1908-1912
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Tremont Row, 1912
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Tremont Row, Scollay Square, c. 1960
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Theatre Comique at 14 Tremont Row, 1916
* Library of Congress:
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Sheet music published by Oakes & Swan, 8-1/2 Tremont Row, ca1840
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Sheet music lithographed by Sharp & Michelin, 17 Tremont Row, ca1840
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Sheet music published by Geo. P. Reed, 17 Tremont Row c1843
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