Tremont Row (1830s–1920s) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a short street that flourished in the 19th and early-20th centuries. It was located near the intersection of Court, Tremont, and Cambridge streets, in today's Government Center area.Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910 It existed until the 1920s, when it became known as Scollay Square."Tremont Row now Scollay Sq.: eleventh name in its history." Boston Globe, Feb. 20, 1926 In 1859 the Barre Gazette newspaper described Tremont Row as "the great Dry Goods Street of Boston."Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass.), May 27, 1859
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Anthony Feola Photographer Thomas Gold Appleton Austin and Stone's Dime Museum Thomas Ball, sculptor"Portrait of Gov. Briggs." Daily Atlas, Feb. 3, 1844 Hammatt Billings, architect Boston Artists' Association Comstock & RossAmerican Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1 Cutting & Turner, photographersFarmer's Cabinet (Amherst NH), Aug. 5, 1857 John J.P. Davis, daguerreotype artist Dobson & Schumann, photographersThe Boston Directory, 1895, page 420 R.A. Dobson, photographerThe Boston Directory, 1897, page 449 John Doggett & Co.Boston Directory, 1840 Thomas Edwards (artist) Marguerite F. Foley, "cameo cutter"The Crayon, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr., 1858) E.J. Foss, photographer Miss Addie M. Gendron, photographer Frederick Gleason, publisher Mr. Gray, portrait artistDaily Atlas, April 24, 1843 Harris & Stanwood, silverSalem Gazette, March 16, 1841 Haven, Pierce & Co., shoes Josiah Johnson Hawes, photographer Heard & Moseley John B. Heywood Albert Gallatin Hoit Charles Hubbard (artist) William Hudson Jr., artistDaily Atlas, Jan. 1, 1845 F.A. Jones & Co. "Great Silk and Shawl House"Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass.), Nov. 18, 1853 Joseph Leonard, auctioneer; Leonard & Cunningham Leonard & Pierce"The paintings in Tremont Row." Daily Atlas, June 2, 1852 G.H. Loomis, photographer Mayer's Confectionary"Chinese Azalia." Boston Daily Atlas, April 23, 1844 Mechanic Apprentices Library Association Naismith Photographer New England Art Union William H. Oakes Alfred Ordway Pavilion Hotel George P. Reed, publisher Scollay Theatre Sharp & Michelin lithographers Southworth & Hawes, photographers I.A. Wetherbee Merrill G. Wheelock Moses Wight, artist new york dental parlors
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See also Scollay Square
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Bostonian Society. Photos: J.J. Hawes. 57-1/2 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, c. 1865 24-28 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, c. 1880-95 3-7 Tremont Row, c. 1908-1912 Tremont Row, 1912
Theatre Comique at 14 Tremont Row, 1916 Library of Congress: Sheet music published by Oakes & Swan, 8-1/2 Tremont Row, ca1840 Sheet music lithographed by Sharp & Michelin, 17 Tremont Row, ca1840 Sheet music published by Geo. P. Reed, 17 Tremont Row c1843