Hanover Street (Boston)

Hanover Street
Street in Boston
The Hanover Street in 2009
Basic data
place	Boston
District	North end
Hist. Names	Orange Tree Lane
Connecting roads	Congress Street , Commercial Street
Buildings	St. Stephen's Church , New England Holocaust Memorial
use
User groups	Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic
Technical specifications
Street length	2,561  ft (780.6  m )

The Hanover Street is a street in the Boston district North End in the state of Massachusetts of the United States .

history

The road is one of the oldest in Boston and was originally an Indian trail that provided access to the coast before the first European settlement was established. In the 17th century the street was called Orange Tree Lane , however, was in 1708 after the British House of Hanover in Hanover Street renamed. In 1824, the former North Street and Middle Street also became part of what is now Hanover Street .

In the 1960s, much of the street was demolished to make way for the Government Center to be built. Today there are many shops, cafes, churches and Italian restaurants along the street .

See also

• St. Stephen's Church

Individual evidence

1. ^ Street Book. City of Boston, accessed December 22, 2012 . 
2. ^ 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).

Web links

Commons : Hanover Street (Boston, Massachusetts)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• The Bostonian Society website has more information about the street.

Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '50.9 "  N , 71 ° 3' 14.1"  W.