Tremont Street
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Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tremont Street in front of King's Chapel and King's Chapel Burying Ground
Gleason's Publishing Hall, corner of Tremont and Bromfield St., 1851
Horticultural Hall, 19th century, photo by John P. Soule
Intersection of Tremont St., Pleasant St., and Shawmut Ave., 1896
History of Boston
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The written history of Boston begins with a letter drafted by the first European inhabitant of the Shawmut Peninsula, William Blaxton. This letter is dated September 7, 1630, and was addressed to the
Tremont Street
…Tremont Street Tremont Street and Park St. Church in 1915 Interactive map of Tremont Street Former name Treamont Street Namesake Trimountaine Owner City of Boston Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Nearest metro station Government Center Park Street Boylston Tufts Medical Center Roxbury…
This diagram shows the original dimension of the Shawmut Peninsula. The gray areas marked with the words "New Boston" are the product of the period of land reclamation that began in 1803, coinciding with the first of the many commodity booms experienced by the city. The area marked Boston Common corresponds to William Blaxton's original property.
Quitclaim obtained by Boston city fathers in 1684 from a local sachem, backdating their ownership of the Shawmut Peninsula to 1630 and the city's foundation.
The 1638 building of Harvard College
A South-East View of the City of Boston in North America, printed at London, c. 1730