31-109 Beverly street
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Welcome to 31-109 Beverly Street! Beverly Street is located in between the West End and North End of Boston. There is so much to learn about the history of Beverly Street before the construction of the Central Artery, an elevated highway, from 1951-1959. To introduce you to the history of Beverly Street, this page will focus on three main narratives: Business & Manufacturing, Property & Building Owners, and Fires.
Discover more about Beverly Street's booming businesses and manufacturing sites.
a series of photos of Beverly Street before demolition for the Central Artery began in 1951.
Buildings coming down on Beverly Street ca. 1952.
Boston Elevated Railway over Beverly Street and Causeway Street in 1911.
View from below of the Boston Elevated Railway over Beverly Street.
Beverly Street in 1949.
Bibliography for this page
G.W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Boston, Mass. (1895). Philadelphia. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
"Come inside and see how fine chocolates are made, Miller & Hollis Inc., 65 Beverly Street, Boston, Mass., 1940s." Ephemera. 1940–1949. Digital Commonwealth, http://gusn.us/249515 (accessed December 08, 2022).
"Fire Loss 1 -- no Title." 1930.Daily Boston Globe (1928-1960), Jan 29, 10. https://holycross.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=cas&url=https://www-proquest-com.holycross.idm.oclc.org/historical-newspapers/fire-loss-1-no-title/docview/758179689/se-2.
Photos of Beverly Street (left to right):
Jones, L. ([ca. 1952]). Buildings coming down on Beverly Street for Central Artery [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8c97mk74b
Boston Elevated Railway. (1911). Causeway Street at Beverly Street new steelwork, Boston, Mass. [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://gusn.us/214815
Boston Elevated Railway. (1911). Work, Causeway at Beverly Street, Boston, Mass. [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://gusn.us/214814
Unknown. (1949, 01 20). Beverly Street. Boston Archives. https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_48deff92-cbac-4cee-b59e-09c6ab72a4f6/
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