2-22 Cove Place

In the 1860s, people could find Cove Place off of Furnace and Cove Street. It’s a side street that starts on Cove Street and ends on Furnace Street. Cove Street and Cove Place is referred to as Cove District because of how similar the street names are. Cove Place consists of wooden buildings surrounded by brick railroad depots. Soon these railroad depots would start to buy land surrounding and within Cove Place. This was because of Boston’s urban renewal plan. This led to the Cove District’s demolition for the development of South Station, a central railroad depot. Since companies like Old Colony Railroad (OCRR) started to purchase real estate in the Cove District for its inevitable destruction, it disappeared faster than any Boston district. 

Old Colony Railroad vs. The People