North Square (Boston)

North Square
Place in Boston
The North Square in 2010 with the house of Paul Revere front on the left side
Basic data
place	Boston
District	North end
Created	17th century
Buildings	Paul Revere House

The North Square (formerly. Clark's Square ) is a place in the Boston district North End in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is located at the intersection of Moon , Prince , North , Garden Court and Sun Court Streets . Right on the square is the house where Paul Revere lived and which has been part of the Freedom Trail since the 1950s . At the North Square moreover was also attended by other personalities of the 17th and 18th centuries. Until July 4, 1788, the square was named Clark's Square .

history

In the 17th century, the Second Church was the center of the district. The pastor there, Increase Mather, lived in North Square "until the great fire in 1677 that destroyed his home."

“In the 18th century, the city's two largest houses were on North Square. [...] The merchant William Clark owned a three-story brick house with 26 spacious rooms. In the immediate vicinity was the house of John Foster , in which the Governor Thomas Hutchinson later lived. ” John Pitcairn also lived in North Square .

As always for it for the whole North End was typical, lived in the 20th century mainly Italian immigrants at North Square .

See also

• Paul Revere (freedom fighter)
• Paul Revere House
• Second Church (Boston) , in North Square from 1649 to 1776

Individual evidence

1. ^ Boston (Mass.) Street Laying-Out Dept .: A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston . City of Boston Printing Dept., Boston 1910, OCLC 1042846 ( online in Google Book Search).
2. ^ Albert W. Mann: Walks & talks about historic Boston . The Mann publishing co., Boston 1917, OCLC 2503581 , p. 45 .
3. ^ Susan and Michael Southworth: AIA guide to Boston . Ed .: Boston Society of Architects. 3. Edition. Globe Pequot, Guilford, Conn. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7627-4337-7 , pp. 63 .
4. ^ The Clark and Hutchinson Houses . In: Massachusetts Historical Society (Ed.): Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society . Vol. 18. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1881, ISSN  0076-4981 , OCLC 1695300 , p. 345 .

Web links

Commons : North Square, Boston  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Bostonian Society website for more information about the site

Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '48.8 "  N , 71 ° 3' 13.1"  W.