Prince Street Explained

Prince Street
Other Name:Black Horse Lane (formerly)
Length Mi:0.32
Location:North End, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Terminus A:Causeway Street and Commercial Street
Direction A:Northwest
Terminus B:North Square and Garden Court Street
Direction B:Southeast

Prince Street is a street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It runs for around 0.32miles, from Causeway Street and Commercial Street in the northwest to North Square at Garden Court Street in the southeast. It is one-way, southbound, except for the block between Hanover Street and Garden Court Street, which is northbound. Prince Street was originally known as Black Horse Lane.[1] [2] Causeway Street, meanwhile, was formerly Endicott Street.

The Boston Draft Riot of July 14, 1863, began on Prince Street.[3] [4]

In the 20th century, the street became notable as the headquarters of the Angiulo brothers,[5] [6] the leading Italian-American crime group in Boston from the 1960s until the mid-1980s.[7] They were based at 98 Prince Street (known as the Dog House),[8] [9] at the corner of Thacher Street in Gaetano Iovanni Square (U.S. Army staff sargeant Iovanni, of 138 Prince Street, was killed in action during World War II).[10] [11] The building had a real-estate agency as a front.[12] Giovanni and Cesare Angiulo, the brothers' parents, lived across the street at number 95.[13] In January 1981, FBI agents placed bugs in Angiulo headquarters for over three months and listened to their discussions about murder.[14]

Notable addresses

DeFilippo Playground and RUFF North End Dog Park occupy part of a triangular plot of land between Prince Street and Snow Hill Street.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thoreau House at 57 Prince Street (formerly Black Horse Lane). Nowpart of Paul Revere School yard. Built in 1720. Bought from the Orrok family by Henry Thoreau's grandfather when he arrived from Jersey in 1773. In 1800 the Thoreaus moved to Concord where Henry was born . 2024-03-22 . www.digitalcommonwealth.org . en.
  2. Book: Boston's Streets, Also Its Avenues, Courts, Places, Etc . 1902 . 294 . en.
  3. Book: William P Marchione . Boston Miscellany: An Essential History of the Hub . History Press . 2008 . Charleston, SC . 244293191.
  4. Book: Tager, Jack . Boston Riots: Three Centuries of Social Violence . . 2001 . 978-1555534615 . Boston . 133–139.
  5. Web site: 98 Prince Street . 2024-03-22 . Atlas Obscura . en.
  6. Web site: Boston mafia leader, 88, to be freed from prison . 2024-03-22 . The Worcester Telegram & Gazette . en-US.
  7. News: Murphy . Shelley . August 30, 2009 . Mob boss Gennaro 'Jerry' Angiulo dies at 90 . March 9, 2020 . The Boston Globe.
  8. Web site: U.S. v. Angiulo, 847 F.2d 956 Casetext Search + Citator . 2024-03-22 . casetext.com.
  9. Web site: 2015-06-02 . Carr: Last link to epic Boston mob family gone . 2024-03-22 . Boston Herald . en-US.
  10. News: 1945-04-10 . Article clipped from The Boston Globe . 2024-03-22 . The Boston Globe . 6.
  11. Book: Egger, Bruce E. . G Company's War: Two Personal Accounts of the Campaigns in Europe, 1944-1945 . Otts . Lee McMillian . 1998-12-11 . University of Alabama Press . 978-0-8173-0978-7 . 272 . en.
  12. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/14/us/jurors-told-that-tapes-hold-key-in-boston-racketeering-trial-of-5.html "Jurors Told That Tapes Hold Key In Boston Racketeering Trial of 5"
  13. Web site: Sweeney . Emily . April 5 . Angiulo brothers, Whitey Bulger’s family, other mobsters appear in newly released 1950 census records - The Boston Globe . 2024-03-22 . BostonGlobe.com . en-US.
  14. Web site: Boston Indictments give glimpse into mob - UPI Archives . 2024-03-22 . UPI . en.
  15. Web site: The Thoreau House, Prince Street . 2024-03-22 . www.digitalcommonwealth.org . en.
  16. Web site: Prince® - Our Story . 2024-03-22 . www.princepasta.com.
  17. Web site: Major Pitcairn House, Prince Street . 2024-03-22 . www.digitalcommonwealth.org . en.
  18. Web site: The William Gray House, Prince Street and Lafayette Avenue . 2024-03-22 . www.digitalcommonwealth.org . en.
  19. Web site: OUR PARKS . 2024-03-22 . RUFF North End Dog Group . en-US.

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