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Bowdoin Square (established 1788) in Boston, Massachusetts was located in the West End. In the 18th and 19th centuries it featured residential houses, leafy trees, a church, hotel, theatre and other buildings. Among the notables who have lived in the square: physician Thomas Bulfinch; merchant Kirk Boott;〔Boston Directory. 1807.〕〔Daily Atlas (Boston), April 2, 1844.〕 and mayor Theodore Lyman.〔Boston Directory. 1823〕 Since the 20th century the area has become a traffic intersection at Cambridge Street, Bowdoin Street, and New Chardon Street.〔Massachusetts Centinel; Date: 07-02-1788〕〔Boston Street Laying-Out Dept. A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston]. Boston: City Printing Dept., 1910.〕 Bowdoin Square is served by the MBTA Blue Line station Bowdoin. ==Brief history== Some of the features of Bowdoin Square in its heyday included: * Kirk Boott house (built 1804). "The half-acre lot on which Boott build his brick house was then a pasture in Boston's West End, an area that was just beginning to be developed. Boott's 3-story Federal mansion, with its tall Palladian windows lighting the staircase overlooking the garden, was very likely designed by Charles Bulfinch." * Samuel Parkman house (built c. 1816). "The large granite double house which stood for years at the western end of Bowdoin Square was built about 1816 by Hon. Samuel Parkman, a rich merchant. He was father of Dr.George Parkman who was murdered in 1849 by John White Webster, ... () grandfather of Francis Parkman, the historian."〔State Street Trust Company. Forty of Boston's historic houses. 1912.〕 * Baptist Tabernacle (built 1840); also known as the Bowdoin-Square Church or the Bowdoin Square Baptist Church〔Robert Woodward Cushman. (Bowdoin Square Church book ): comprising a brief history of the formation and organizations of the church : a list of its members : its articles of faith, covenant, etc. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson, 1843〕〔King's hand-book of Boston. 1889. Includes illustration of the church.〕〔Parson Downs squelched, The Boston Baptists drop the Bowdoin-Square Church. New York Times, Sep 16, 1886. p.1.〕 * Revere House hotel (1847-1912)〔 * United States Court House (19th century)〔Boston Directory. 1856.〕 * Bowdoin Square Hotel〔Boston hotel on fire; The Bowdoin Square House Damaged and Two inmates Injured. New York Times, Feb 28, 1902. p.6.〕 * Bowdoin Square Theatre〔A Boston Theatre Sold: The Bowdoin Square Bid Off, After Many Adjournments, for $96,000. New York Times, Aug 8, 1893. p.1.〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowdoin Square (Boston)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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