Congress Street (Boston) Explained

Congress Street
Direction A:	West
Terminus A:	Sudbury Street / Merrimac Street
Direction B:	East
Terminus B:	Northern Avenue
Junction:	State Street Milk Street Franklin Street (Atlantic Ave./Purchase St.) Dorchester Avenue

Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts, is located in the Financial District and South Boston. It was first named in 1800. It was extended in 1854 (from State Street) as far as Atlantic Avenue, and in 1874 across Fort Point Channel into South Boston. Today's Congress Street consists of several segments of streets, previously named Atkinson's Street, Dalton Street, Gray's Alley, Leverett's Lane, Quaker Lane, and Shrimpton's Lane.^[1]

See also

• Boston Children's Museum
• Boston City Hall
• The Boston Post
• Boston Reds (1890–1891)
• Children's Wharf
• Congress Street Fire Station
• Congress Street Grounds
• Dock Square (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Exchange Coffee House, Boston
• Government Center, Boston
• John Hancock Building
• Julien Hall (19th century)
• Mobius Artists Group
• New England Holocaust Memorial
• Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts
• Russia Wharf Buildings
• Weekly Messenger newspaper
• World Trade Center (MBTA station)

External links

• Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
• Web site: Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA . Historic American Engineering Record . Library of Congress .
• Web site: Plan of the estates nos. 246 to 252 Congress corner of Purchase Street..., 1869 . Boston Public Library .

42.3565°N -71.0562°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Street Book . City of Boston . 25 March 2010 .