This is a partial list of former public houses and coffeehouses in Boston, Massachusetts . 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.
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- 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, 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, 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.
- 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. [1]
- 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
- 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, Washington south of Avery.
- Wilde's, Elm junction of Washington.
- Winthrop House, Masonic Temple.
- Yankee Hero, Elm Street.
