Columbus Avenue (Boston)

Columbus Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Major junctions
South end	Walnut Avenue in Roxbury
North end	Park Plaza in Beacon Hill
Location
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
Highway system
	Massachusetts State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

Columbus Avenue (est.1860) in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1] runs from Park Square to just south of Melnea Cass Boulevard, as well as from Tremont Street to Walnut Avenue and Seaver Street, where it continues as Seaver Street to Blue Hill Avenue and to Erie Street, where it ends.^[2] It intersects the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods.

Buildings & tenants

Map of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1883
Boston and Providence R.R. Station, Park Square, late 19th century
Bird's-eye view of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1902
McGreevey's Third Base Saloon, no.940 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing, 1914 (Boston Public Library)
Columbus Avenue, 2009
Doris Bunte Apartments, 2020
An MBTA 29 bus at the Bray St stop, on the center-running bus lane

Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress).
- Police Station No. 10, 1170 Columbus Avenue, Boston. "This building is one of the first municipal buildings built in Roxbury after its annexation to Boston in 1868. It is also important as a work by Gridley J.F. Bryant, who with various partners designed a number of buildings in Boston and New England in the late 19th century."
- Edison-Spencer-Grafton Block, 254-264 Columbus Avenue, Boston
New York Public Library. Item related to Columbus Ave., Boston
Boston College.
- Hotel Statler, Columbus Avenue and Arlington Street photo, 1926
- Intersection of Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, photo c. 1933
City of Boston Archives. Photo of Columbus Avenue divisional strip project, June 2, 1948
Columbus Avenue looking north east toward Concord Square, Columbus Ave. Anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill, 1875. Photo by J.W. Black
MIT. Photo

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