Winter Street (Boston)

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Winter Street
Street view after large snowstorm, by John B. Heywood detail3.jpg
Winter Street, Boston, c. 1860s (photo by John B. Heywood)
Location Boston
West end Tremont Street
East end Washington Street

Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts is located between Tremont Street and Washington Street, near the Common. It is currently a pedestrian zone. [1] Prior to 1708, it was called Blott's Lane and then Bannister's Lane.. [2] [3] It was also known at times as "Winer Street." [4]

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References

  1. City of Boston. "Street Book".
  2. Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.
  3. Thomas Wait Tucker. Bannisters Lane, 1708-1899: being sundry remarks, some historical and all new and interesting, on Bannisters Lane now named Winter Street and the district immediately thereabout. Boston: Shepard, Norwell & Co., 1899
  4. "Burgiss's Map (1728)"., reprinted by Shurtleff, Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, 3d Edition, 1891, at p.92
  5. "Central Church". Gleasons Pictorial. 5. Boston, Mass. 1853.
  6. "Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Volumes 1–3," by Corcoran Gallery of Art

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