56-64 Clinton /
1-59 Mercantile
Eve F.
Welcome to 56-64 Clinton and 1-59 Mercantile!
This parcel is located near Clinton, Mercantile, and Quincy Market, making it a hub for many prominent businesses. Below, you will discover stories of these businesses and their owners.
56-64 CLinton
From 1882 to 1938, this parcel maintained the same owners for the majority of the years. The biggest change to the parcel came in 1938 when part of the parcel was severed for the Cross Street widening.
1-64 Mercantile
Similar to 56-64 Clinton, this parcel had building owners stay with the same person or in a family trust or estate. Part of this parcel was also destroyed during the Cross Street widening.
Sanborn, Insurance Maps of Boston, 1882.
Building composition
This 1882 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map tells us a lot of information about 56-64 Clinton and 1-59 Mercantile. The building is blue (which represents concrete, lime, cinder, or cement brick). However, on the map it says “stone back with brick.” This parcel is made up of 5 stories that, surprisingly, has elevators in 10 of the buildings. There is only one hydrant, but it is on the Commercial St. side of 21 and 23 Mercantile.
Bibliography
Geo.W. and Walter S. Bromley. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1883). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston, Mass. (1888). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston, city proper and Roxbury. (1890). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1895). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston, City Proper. (1898). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1902). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1908). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1912). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1917). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1922). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1928). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston. (1938). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
Sanborn Map & Publishing Co. Insurance Maps of Boston. (1882). New York. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.