Detail of map of Boston in 1895, showing Tremont Row Tremont Row (1830s-1920s) in Boston , Massachusetts , was a short street that flourished in the 19th and early-20th centuries. It was located near the intersection of Court , Tremont , and Cambridge streets, in today's Government Center area.[ 1] Scollay Square .[ 2] Barre Gazette newspaper described Tremont Row as "the great Dry Goods Street of Boston."[ 3]
Tenants
Anthony Feola Photographer
Thomas Gold Appleton Austin and Stone's Dime Museum Thomas Ball , sculptor[ 4] Hammatt Billings , architect[ 5] Boston Artists' Association Comstock & Ross[ 5]
Cutting & Turner, photographers[ 6]
John J.P. Davis, daguerreotype artist[ 5]
Dobson & Schumann, photographers[ 7]
R.A. Dobson, photographer[ 8]
John Doggett & Co.[ 9] Thomas Edwards (artist) Marguerite F. Foley, "cameo cutter"[ 10]
E.J. Foss , photographerMiss Addie M. Gendron, photographer
Frederick Gleason , publisherMr. Gray, portrait artist[ 11]
Harris & Stanwood, silver[ 12]
Haven, Pierce & Co., shoes[ 5]
Josiah Johnson Hawes , photographerHeard & Moseley [1]
John B. Heywood Albert Gallatin Hoit Charles Hubbard (artist) William Hudson Jr., artist[ 13]
F.A. Jones & Co. "Great Silk and Shawl House"[ 14]
Joseph Leonard, auctioneer; Leonard & Cunningham[ 5]
Leonard & Pierce[ 15]
G.H. Loomis , photographerMayer's Confectionary[ 16]
Mechanic Apprentices Library Association Naismith Photographer
New England Art Union William H. Oakes [2] Alfred Ordway Pavilion Hotel[ 17]
George P. Reed, publisher[ 5] [3]
Scollay Theatre
Sharp & Michelin lithographers [4]
Southworth & Hawes , photographersI.A. Wetherbee Merrill G. Wheelock Moses Wight , artistnew york dental parlors
Images
Detail of map of Boston in 1838, showing Tremont Row.
Advertisement for Tuttle & Oakes boots and shoes, 1848
Advertisement for Southworth & Hawes, daguerreotypists, 1848
Brattle Street, looking up towards Tremont Row, c. 1860s (Bostonian Society)
Advertisement for J.S. Hunt & Co. detective office, 1868
Theatre Comique, Tremont Row, Boston, c. 1916
See also
References
^ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston . Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910
^ "Tremont Row now Scollay Sq.: eleventh name in its history." Boston Globe, Feb. 20, 1926
^ Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass.), May 27, 1859
^ "Portrait of Gov. Briggs." Daily Atlas, Feb. 3, 1844
^ a b c d e f American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1
^ Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst NH), Aug. 5, 1857
^ The Boston Directory, 1895, page 420
^ The Boston Directory, 1897, page 449
^ Boston Directory , 1840^ The Crayon, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr., 1858)
^ Daily Atlas, April 24, 1843
^ Salem Gazette, March 16, 1841
^ Daily Atlas, Jan. 1, 1845
^ Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass.), Nov. 18, 1853
^ "The paintings in Tremont Row." Daily Atlas, June 2, 1852
^ "Chinese Azalia." Boston Daily Atlas, April 23, 1844
^ "The Raven in the Frog Pond: Edgar Allan Poe and the City of Boston, an exhibition at the Boston Public Library, December 17, 2009 - March 31, 2010" . 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012 .
Further reading
"Tremont Row" . Boston Register and Business Directory . Sampson & Murdock Co. 1914. hdl :2027/hvd.hn4fl3 – via HathiTrust."Tremont Row" . Boston Register and Business Directory . Sampson & Murdock. 1918 – via Google Books."Tremont Row" . Boston Register and Business Directory . Sampson & Murdock Co. 1921.
External links
Bostonian Society. Photos:
Library of Congress:
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