Cornhill, Boston




This article is about the Boston street named in 1829. For the Cornhill section of Washington Street, see Washington Street (Boston).



Cornhill, Boston, 1962



Cornhill was a street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th and 20th centuries, located on the site of the current City Hall Plaza in Government Center. It was named in 1829; previously it was known as Market Street (1807-1828).[1][2] In its time, it comprised a busy part of the city near Brattle Street, Court Street and Scollay Square. In the 19th century, it was the home of many bookstores and publishing companies.[3] As of 1969, Cornhill exists as 144 feet along the edge of City Hall Plaza.[4]



See also



  • City Hall Plaza


  • Sears' Crescent building (built 1816) 100 City Hall Plaza; formerly 38-68 Cornhill)[5][6]


  • Sears' Block (built 1848) corner Court + Washington St., formerly 70-72 Cornhill[5][6]


Previous tenants of Cornhill



  • Annin & Smith, 19th-century engravers[7]


  • Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, Located in the Iver Johnson Building, corner of Washington Street and Cornhill


  • Daniel Clement Colesworthy, bookseller, c. 1850s[8]


  • Frost & Adams, art supplies


  • The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper), published by Isaac Knapp, Cornhill, c. 1837[9]


  • Bela Marsh, 19th century publisher


  • F.T. Somerby, painter



Images






  • Detail of 1826 map of Boston, showing Market Street (renamed Cornhill in 1828)







  • Detail of 1832 map of Boston, showing Cornhill and vicinity







  • Cornhill, c. 1836. Shows shops of Light & Horton; Gerry & Burt; George W. Light; Peck & Co.; William Peirce; etc.







  • Advertising for the Prisoner's Friend published on Cornhill, c. 1840s. "Devoted to the abolition of capitol punishment, and the improvement of prison discipline"







  • Advertisement for George C. Rand & Co. printers, 1849







  • Advertisement for Stephen Smith's Desk Warehouse, 1854







  • Whig Headquarters, 1856







  • Ad for James Campbell, antiquarian bookshop, c. 1860s[10]







  • c. 1897







  • Cornhill, Boston, c. 1905







  • Overview of Brattle St. (left), Cornhill (right), and Faneuil Hall (upper right), c. 1920






References





  1. ^ Edward Hartwell Savage (1886), Boston events, Boston: Mutual News Co..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ From 1708 to 1824, a portion of Washington Street was known as "Cornhill;" cf. Boston (Mass.). Street laying-out Dept. (1910), A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston (2 ed.), Boston: City of Boston Printing Dept.


  3. ^ "Cornhill – Once Boston's Literary Center, Today Replaced by Government Center". Forgotten New England. Retrieved 10 May 2016.


  4. ^ "Public way. Open from Franklin Ave to approximately 144 feet easterly." cf. "Street Book". City of Boston. Retrieved 2010-06-17.


  5. ^ ab "National Register of Historic Places". U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-06-17.


  6. ^ ab Susan Southworth; Michael Southworth (2008), AIA guide to Boston (3 ed.), Guilford, Conn: Globe Pequot, OCLC 175057014


  7. ^ Boston Directory. 1832


  8. ^ Boston Directory. 1857


  9. ^ American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1, no. 5153


  10. ^ Boston Directory. 1861




Further reading


  • "Old Boston Booksellers: the Three Burnham Brothers and their Antecedents." New York Times, July 21, 1893. (Mentions Samuel B. Drake and Burnham Brothers, booksellers).


External links








  • Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.


  • G.Kepes. Photo of Scollay Square From Pemberton Square Looking Across to Cornhill Street, 1957.

  • Flickr. Sears Crescent, 1999

  • Flickr. Sears Crescent, 2008

  • Flickr. Photo, 2009


Coordinates: 42°21′34.58″N 71°3′27.81″W / 42.3596056°N 71.0577250°W / 42.3596056; -71.0577250







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