Winter Street (Boston)

Winter Street
	Winter Street, Boston, c. 1860s (photo by John B. Heywood)
Location	Boston
West end	Tremont Street
East end	Washington Street

Last updated February 19, 2025

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]

References

↑ City of Boston. "Street Book".
↑ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.
↑ 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
↑ "Burgiss's Map (1728)"., reprinted by Shurtleff, Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, 3d Edition, 1891, at p.92
↑ "Central Church". Gleasons Pictorial. 5. Boston, Mass. 1853.
↑ "Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Volumes 1–3", by Corcoran Gallery of Art

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Detail of 1743 map of Boston, showing Winter St. and vicinity
Ann Grayham, importer & retailer, 1767
"Very neat green and blue umbrilloes, to be sold exceeding low, by Oliver Greenleaf," 1768 ( Boston Evening-Post )
Central Congregational Church, c. 1851
Atlantic Monthly , no.1, 1857; published by Phillips, Sampson & Co., 13 Winter St.
Joseph Lyon's "umbrellas, parasols, canes, etc.," 1861
New England Crape and Lace Refinishing Co., c. 1870
Winter Street, Boston, March 2010

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[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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