The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-11
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Street block Of fifteen wide md high stores-.
tie tcst cSaulpla In Besf1n OF Wholesale
warehouses. Be:ond this block q The nsw
marginal itlai,tIc ayeuge, y Liet u 10 skirt
The citf on the water side. EasIng IN Chs
opposite direction tsc see tho Old statAE onsa
In the centre OF the street, and ere locking
directly into tile square where the iAnous
Boston massacre took place March 8, ITO.
On either side Of the street are fine sfruc-
lures, some OF them DEVOTED to mercanttle
purposes, but the most TO banking, insurance,
lawyers, and brokers' offices and the Ike.
On the left are the central Office Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company and the post
Office, soon to be removed TO tho new building
on Deyonshire street. We pass nov In
the rear Of the custom house into India
streee, thence up Milk street short distance
into Broad. III this section ARE the great
Wholesale. grocery establishments. Passing
through Broad to Oliver street, thence. rp
Oliver to High street, ne are now In The.
Fort Hill district, where. . liigh hill covered
with dwellings has beer. implicitly levelled,
and will heheefoiwarG be devoted TO bust.
ness purposes. Passing through High street
we come to Pearl.-a street devoted Throughout
Its whole length to the boot and shoe trade.
in which Boston takes The lead. ]. We cross
Congress street n little firther on and come
TO Federal street. on both Of which g very
large business Is done In. wool, Boston being
the headquarters OF that trads In tho couu-
try. Continuing still OF High street, ct Sum-
mrr street we come into the district devoted
TO dry goods. We PASS up Summer street
between rows of very elegant and spacious
stores. On the lett Is ChauncY street
aud on the right Devcnsnire street, both
given up to dry goods md clothing estab.
ilshments. we take Dcyonslire street, and
crossing Franklin, which, for It's noticeable
granite structures, istproElbly unexcelled by
any business street In the world, pass by
the magnificent new post-oflice to Water
street, end through the latter street to WASH
fngton. We have now made the circuit OF
the greater part Of the Wholesale district OF
the city. Nearly opposite Water Is School
street, through which We now pass. On the.
right we see the magnificent City Hall and
tue ancient Kings Chapel, and on the left the
celebrated Parker House. On turning to the
left into fremont st. eet we find on The right
the fremont House, a largo and elegant stone.
trout hote! of the first class the Granary
burying-sround, the third established in Bos.
ton, and Park-Strcet church. On the left are
fremont Temple, the Horticultural Hall, the
Studio building, and the publishing .houae Of
J. Il. Osgood & Co. Winter street, which
comes into fremont JUS. below the head OF
the Common, Is great street for ladies' shop
ping, and the Music Hall, containing the
"Great OrgaD,' Is on court Just OF Winter
street, on the left as one facea Washington
street. Next comes Temple Place, where are
some line business structures. We havemeaa-
| while passed st. Paurs (Episcopal) Church,
| and the United States court.liouse, OH the
corner of Temple Place. Continuing still
| OH fremont street, we pass the beautiful
marble building occupied by the Mason and
Hamlin Cabinet Organ Company, and come
to tho foot of the Common. Here we SEQ
several very fue buildings: on the north.
east clruer of fremont aud Boylston streets
IS the Masonic Tenn l., dedicated in 1861 |;
on the southeast corner is tho llote! Boylst0ns
Que Of the most elegant French 1lnt.hotclS In
the city. owned by the Hon. Charles Francis
Albums; on tic southwest corner Is the Hotel
Pelham, the pioneer ii Boston Of tho fat"
system, and famous from having been moved
hack bodily twenty feet, when fremont
street was wldcned. without disturb
ing the occupants OF the house; the
next building but one, passing down Boylstor
street, opposite the Common, il tho Public
Library. to bo mentioned again. Turning
D wv away from tue Common into BJylstou
| street, we reach Washington street, and,
turning t, the left. We follow It to Cornbill.
On tho right we pass The Globc Theatre, \
lit,'o further on the left wo CONS 10 tho fine
building Of the Mercantile Savings Institu.
| ton and tho Boston Theatre. We arc now
in the great retail district of tho city. Sew.
craI buildings may be mentioned US worthy
Of attention: The great wholesale and retail
dry goods establishment of Jordan. Marsh &
Co.; the marbe building on tho right, occus
pied by MacuIIar, Williams DC Parkers
clothing sloG2; the Old South church; the
Yransl17pi, Journal, and Gl0Ls otlices-.nll
on tic same side; and on the left The Old
Corner Bookstore, ut tho corner OF School
street, and several other much more recent
and elegant buildings. gz.