Hanover Street (Boston)

Hanover Street, Boston, 2009

Hanover Street is located in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

History

Hanover Street closed to traffic for Haymarket

The street is one of the oldest in Boston, and was originally an Indian path, allowing access to the shore, prior to the first European settlement. In the 17th century, the street was called Orange Tree Lane. In 1708, the street was renamed after the British House of Hanover, heirs to the throne under the Act of Settlement 1701. In 1824, North Street and the former Middle Street became part of Hanover.^[2] In the 1950s, the block of Hanover Street between Cross Street and Blackstone Street was demolished to make way for the construction of the Central Artery.^[3] This block was reopened in 2004 when the elevated Central Artery was removed as part of the Big Dig.^[4] In the 1960s the southern section of Hanover street, from Congress Street to Court Street (now Cambridge Street), was demolished to make way for the construction of Government Center.^[5] Hanover Street is now home to many businesses, cafes, churches, and Italian restaurants. The portion of the street between Blackstone Street and Union Street is closed on Friday and Saturday each week for the Haymarket open-air market.

See also

• Boston Harborwalk
• St. Stephen's Church, Boston
• Rose Kennedy Greenway
• North End Parks
• Boston Public Market
• Blackstone Block Historic District
• Freedom Trail
• Government Center

Former tenants

• American House (Boston)
• Concert Hall (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Michele Felice Cornè, artist, c. 1810s
• Cotton Mather lived on Hanover St., 1688-1718^[6]
• John Mayo
• Second Church, Boston

References

Image gallery

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  Detail of 1769 map of Boston, showing Hanover St. and North End
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  Map showing a British tactical evaluation of Boston in 1775. It shows a street called "Hanover Street" and "Middle Street". Map by Lieut. Thomas Hyde Page
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  House of General Joseph Warren, Hanover St., 18th century
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  L.S. Drigg's Lace and Bonnet store, Hanover St., 1850s (illustration from Gleason's Pictorial)
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  American House, Hanover St., 1850s (illustration from Gleason's Pictorial)
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  The Gem 99 Cent Store, c. 1860s-1870s
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  Advertisement for Albert Southworth, photographer, 1868
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  Hanover St., from Court St., 19th century
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  Corner of Hanover and Union Streets, Boston, 1930
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  View west on Hanover Street from the Central Artery showing Haymarket, 1975

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hanover Street (Boston, Massachusetts).

• Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
• City of Boston Archives. Hanover Street looking from Richmond Street to Prince Street, November 11, 1948
• Library of Congress. Waldron's Casino Theatre, Hanover St. near Scollay Square, Boston, Massachusetts, 1922.
• Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Codman Building, 30-48 Hanover Street.

Streets and squares in Boston
Streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Beacon Street Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Boylston Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dorchester Avenue Federal Street Fenway Franklin Street Gallivan Boulevard Hanover Street Huntington Avenue Jamaicaway Massachusetts Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Memorial Drive Milk Street Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street North Street Park Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Stony Brook Reservation Parkways Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Truman Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Roxbury Parkway Winter Street Yawkey Way
Squares, circles, crossings and corners	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 Dudley Square Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Maverick 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

Coordinates: 42°21′50.85″N 71°03′14.14″W / 42.3641250°N 71.0539278°W / 42.3641250; -71.0539278