Congress Street

Congress Street from Dock Square , Boston, 2010
West end	Sudbury Street / Merrimac Street
Major junctions	State Street Milk Street Franklin Street I-93 ( Atlantic Ave. /Purchase St.) Dorchester Avenue
East end	Northern 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] [2]}

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  Julien's Restorator , corner of Milk Street and Congress St. (demolished 1824)
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  Dalton house, corner of Congress St. and Water St., Boston, c. 19th century
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  Detail of 1829 map of Boston, showing extent of Congress St.; (Atkinson St. would become part of Congress St. in 1854)
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  Issue No.1, The Liberator , 1831; published from Office #11, Merchants Hall, on Water Street at the corner of Congress Street, Boston
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  Advertisement for Welch & Griffiths, cast-steel saws, 1852
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  Advertisement for William Bond & Son, chronometer and watch makers, 1861
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  Congress St. after the fire of 1872
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  Congress St. (looking from Milk St.), after the fire, 1872; photo by John P. Soule
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  Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing Congress St. and vicinity
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  Stock Exchange, Congress St., Boston, 1910s
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  Congress Street Bridge (at far right), 2007
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  Congress St., Boston, looking towards Merrimac St., 2010

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Congress Street (Boston, Massachusetts) .

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

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