Examining
2-48 Beverly St
Livia G.
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Examining
Welcome to Beverly Street! Read each excerpt below to learn what lies within this page. From buildings catching fire, to property owned by controversial society members, to extreme demolitio of the area, Beverly Street has a lot of history. Click any of the three links and you will be directed to a different story line connected to the tales of this area!
Take a look into some of the buildings and their makeup, and how this contributed to some major fires in the city of Boston.
Explore the different owners of some of the properties on Beverly Street, and how the stories have changed over the years.
Learn about the businesses that suffered at the hand of the construction for the Central Artery, and the demolition that took place.
Bibliography
Burning Buildings
Special Despatch to The,Boston Globe. "FIRE RECORD.: DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WORCESTER. AT PROVIDENOE--LOST $12,000. SERIOUS FIRE AT HARTFORD, CONN. LOSSES BY THE BEVERLY STREET FIRE. OTHER PIREE AND FIRE MATTERS," Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922), Apr 15, 1875. https://holycross.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=cas&url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/fire-record/docview/491969167/se-2?accountid=11456
A BEVERLY STREET BLAZE.: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTS A. MILLER DAMAGED ABOUT $1000. FIRE IN THE BRIGHTON DISTRICT. BIG SHIRT FACTORY BLAZE. SLIGHT BLAZE IN CAMBRIDGE." Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922), Apr 17, 1881. https://holycross.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=cas&url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/severly-street-blaze/docview/492351893/se-2?accountid=11456
Documents of the City of Boston (Vol. 2, p. 490). (1857). Boston, MA: Geo C. Band and Avery City Printers. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
“About This Collection : Sanborn Maps : Digital Collections : Library of Congress.” Accessed April 13, 2021. https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/about-this-collection/.
“Atlascope Boston.” Atlascope Boston · Historic urban atlases from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center. Accessed May 8, 2021. https://atlascope.leventhalmap.org/.
Changing Hands
Roby Dexter and Co (P. 459) in city directories - Boston. (2008, September 08). Retrieved April 24, 2021, from https://www.fold3.com/document/78683998/roby-dexter-and-co-p-459-city-directories-boston
Boston globe articles: "WARM TRIBUTES FROM FRIENDS.: HENRY D.WARREN, FORMERLY OF THE CADETS, PRESENTED A HANDSOME CUP." Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922), Apr 21 1899, p. 5. ProQuest. Web. 13 Apr. 2021 .
Special Dispatch to, the G. "CINCINNATI ELECT AT EXETER, N H: BOSTON MAN IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT." Boston Daily Globe (1923-1927), Jul 05 1923, p. 13. ProQuest. Web. 13 Apr. 2021 .
"Display Ad 10 -- no Title." Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922), Jun 14 1876, p. 8. ProQuest. Web. 13 Apr. 2021 .
Bergeron, Wendy. The Secret Society of the Cincinnati. Accessed May 8, 2021. http://www.seacoastnh.com/the-secret-society-of-the-cincinnati/?showall=1.
Demolition
Photo: Jones, Leslie. "Buildings coming down on Beverly Street for Central Artery." Photograph. 1952. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8c97mk74b (accessed April 13, 2021).
Display ad: "Display Ad 27 -- no Title." Daily Boston Globe (1928-1960), May 16 1943, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2021 .
Massachusetts Department of Public Works. Third Harbor Tunnel, Interstate 90/Central Artery, Interstate 93, Boston, Massachusetts: Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report. Cambridge, MA: Federal Highway Administration, Transportation Systems Center, 1983.
"ANOTHER LANDMARK LOST TO HISTORY: [THIRD EDITION]." Boston Globe, Jan 01, 2006. https://holycross.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=cas&url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/another-landmark-lost-history/docview/405009266/se-2?accountid=11456.
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