Winter Street (Boston)

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]

Winter Street, Boston, c. 1860s (photo by John B. Heywood)

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. Boston, Mass. 5. 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. Boston, Mass. 5. 1853.

[6] "Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Volumes 1–3," by Corcoran Gallery of Art

Streets and squares in Boston
East-west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North-south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Memorial Drive Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Maverick Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Teele Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

Winter Street (Boston)

See also

References

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