Tremont Row

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] It existed until the 1920s, when it became known as Scollay Square.[2] In 1859 the 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, photographer
  • Miss Addie M. Gendron, photographer
  • Frederick Gleason, publisher
  • Mr. Gray, portrait artist[11]
  • Harris & Stanwood, silver[12]
  • Haven, Pierce & Co., shoes[5]
  • Josiah Johnson Hawes, photographer
  • Heard & 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, photographer
  • Mayer'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, photographers
  • I.A. Wetherbee
  • Merrill G. Wheelock
  • Moses Wight, artist

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Images

  • Detail of map of Boston in 1838, showing Tremont Row.
    Detail of map of Boston in 1838, showing Tremont Row.
  • Advertisement for Tuttle & Oakes boots and shoes, 1848
    Advertisement for Tuttle & Oakes boots and shoes, 1848
  • Advertisement for Southworth & Hawes, daguerreotypists, 1848
    Advertisement for Southworth & Hawes, daguerreotypists, 1848
  • Brattle Street, looking up towards Tremont Row, c. 1860s (Bostonian Society)
    Brattle Street, looking up towards Tremont Row, c. 1860s (Bostonian Society)
  • Advertisement for J.S. Hunt & Co. detective office, 1868
    Advertisement for J.S. Hunt & Co. detective office, 1868
  • Theatre Comique, Tremont Row, Boston, c. 1916
    Theatre Comique, Tremont Row, Boston, c. 1916

See also

References

  1. ^ Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910
  2. ^ "Tremont Row now Scollay Sq.: eleventh name in its history." Boston Globe, Feb. 20, 1926
  3. ^ Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass.), May 27, 1859
  4. ^ "Portrait of Gov. Briggs." Daily Atlas, Feb. 3, 1844
  5. ^ a b c d e f American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1
  6. ^ Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst NH), Aug. 5, 1857
  7. ^ The Boston Directory, 1895, page 420
  8. ^ The Boston Directory, 1897, page 449
  9. ^ Boston Directory, 1840
  10. ^ The Crayon, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr., 1858)
  11. ^ Daily Atlas, April 24, 1843
  12. ^ Salem Gazette, March 16, 1841
  13. ^ Daily Atlas, Jan. 1, 1845
  14. ^ Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass.), Nov. 18, 1853
  15. ^ "The paintings in Tremont Row." Daily Atlas, June 2, 1852
  16. ^ "Chinese Azalia." Boston Daily Atlas, April 23, 1844
  17. ^ "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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tremont Row.
  • Bostonian Society. Photos:
    • J.J. Hawes. 57-1/2 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, c. 1865
    • 24-28 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, c. 1880-95
    • 3-7 Tremont Row, c. 1908-1912
    • Tremont Row, 1912
    • Tremont Row, Scollay Square, c. 1960
    • Theatre Comique at 14 Tremont Row, 1916
  • Library of Congress:
    • Sheet music published by Oakes & Swan, 8-1/2 Tremont Row, ca1840
    • Sheet music lithographed by Sharp & Michelin, 17 Tremont Row, ca1840
    • Sheet music published by Geo. P. Reed, 17 Tremont Row c1843

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