Summer Street (Boston)

Summer Street (est. 1708) in Boston, Massachusetts, extends from Downtown Crossing in the Financial District, over Fort Point Channel, and into the Seaport District to the southeast.[1] In the mid-19th century it was also called Seven Star Lane.[2]

Summer Street, Boston, 1904

Along the route is Dewey Square, which is formed by the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer, Federal, and Purchase Streets with the Surface Artery of the Boston Central Artery (I-93). The intermodal transit terminal South Station is also located along the road, with Amtrak and MBTA Commuter Rail services, as well as Red Line subway trains and Silver Line bus rapid transit.

In South Boston, Summer Street goes past the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Current and former residents

Notable locations

Previous residents
  • Hull Mint #96
  • Detail of 1769 map of Boston, showing extent of Summer Street from Washington Street to Sea Street
  • 19th century
  • 1846
  • Tappan house, 19th century
  • c. 1870
  • 1904
  • Edward McGurin, 14 years old, wringing curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street, 1917; photo by Lewis Hine
  • 2008

See also

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. American Printer and Lithographer. Moore Publishing Company. 1891. pp. XV.
  4. State Street Trust Company. Forty of Boston's historic houses. 1912.
  5. Lisicky, Michael J. (2012). Filene's: Boston's Great Specialty Store. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-9158-2.
  6. Drake. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. 1872, p. 201

Further reading

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