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

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

42°21′21.17″N 71°3′40.94″W / 42.3558806°N 71.0613722°W / 42.3558806; -71.0613722

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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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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 Mass and Cass Maverick Square North Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

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