School Street

Old City Hall in 1930

School Street is a short but significant street in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. It is so named for being the site of the first public school in the United States (the Boston Latin School, since relocated). The school operated at various addresses on the street from 1704 to 1844.

Effectively a southeastern extension of Beacon Street, School Street runs one or two blocks (it is bisected by Province Street on one side) from Tremont Street to Washington Street. Along the way, it passes King's Chapel, Boston's Old City Hall (on the first public school site), and the historic Old Corner Bookstore.

The Parker House hotel, 19th-century meeting place of politicians and literary figures as well as the origin point of several famous local dishes, is also located along the street.

The entirety of the street is part of the Freedom Trail, a red line that leads tourists to historic sites in the center of the city.

Timeline

17th-18th centuries

1635 - Gaol begins operating in vicinity.
1688 - King's Chapel built.
1708 - Officially named "School Street."^[1]
1711 - October 2: Fire.
1716 - Governors' Province House in use near School Street.
1729
- South Meeting House built near School Street.
- Samuel Adams graduates from Latin School.
1748 - Latin Schoolhouse built.
1750 - John Hancock graduates from Latin School.
1754 - King's Chapel rebuilt in stone.
1772 - King's Chapel bell installed.
1798 - Massachusetts State House built at top of hill in vicinity of School Street.

19th century

1804 - Union Circulating Library in business.
1810 - County courthouse built.
1817 - Second Universalist Church consecrated.
1827 - Tremont Theatre opens in vicinity of School Street.
1833 - Harding's Gallery of art active (approximate date).
1841
- City hall moves to School Street.
- Boston Museum opens near School Street.
1844 - Latin School moves away from School Street.^[2]
1845 - Horticultural Hall built.
1854 - Ticknor and Fields publisher in business in the Corner Bookstore.
1855
- Parker House hotel in business.
- Saturday Club founded.^[2]
1857 - Benjamin Franklin statue erected in front of city hall.
1858 - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank built.^[2]
1865 - City hall rebuilt.
1868 - Charles Dickens stays at Parker House.^[2]
1872 - November 9: Great Boston Fire occurs in vicinity, just missing School Street.
1885 - Hugh O'Brien becomes mayor.

20th century

1906 - John F. Fitzgerald becomes mayor.
1914 - James Michael Curley becomes mayor.
1930 - Boston Public Library's Kirstein Business Branch opens off School Street.
1958 - Freedom Trail stripe painted.
1969 - City hall moves away from School Street.
1972 - Maison Robert restaurant in business.
1973 - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank rebuilt.
1982 - Globe Corner Bookstore in business.

References

↑ "School Street". A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston. City of Boston. 1910 – via Hathi Trust.
1 2 3 4 George A. Kyle (1926). The eighteen fifties: being a brief account of School Street, the Province House and the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.
↑ Caroline Ticknor (1913), "Old Corner Bookstore", Hawthorne and his Publisher, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, OCLC 756324
↑ Boston Almanac, 1841, 1847
↑ Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Boston. Old Corner Bookstore. 1891.

External links

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"Panoramic view of Boston City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass.". 1903.

Images

Boston Latin School, 17th century
Detail of 1743 map of Boston by William Price, showing School Street and vicinity
Bill from Cromwell's Head Tavern, 1768
Ad for Carter & Hendee, booksellers; Washington St. and School St., Boston, 1832
Winter view of Franklin statue and City Hall, 19th century, by John P. Soule
Harmoneons performing at Horticultural Hall, 1851
Railroad Jubilee, procession forming at City Hall, 1854 (from Gleason's Pictorial)
School St., 1858
Parker House, 19th century
Intersection of Washington St. and School St., 19th century
Corner of School and Tremont Streets, 1900
Corner Bookstore building, corner of School and Washington Streets, 2008

Coordinates: 42°21′27.5″N 71°3′34.84″W / 42.357639°N 71.0596778°W / 42.357639; -71.0596778

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

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