Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press, 2000. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. Being Mayor of Boston a Hundred Years Ago. 3, Slaveries in the Atlantic World (Jul., 2002) p.627.

William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. Slave-for-Sale Advertisements and Slavery in Massachusetts, 1704-1781. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. Franklin's Father Josiah: Life of a Colonial Boston Tallow Chandler, 1657-1745. The Caucus and Democracy in Colonial Boston. ^ a b Robert Campbell and Peter Vanderwarker.A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. The great street to Roxbury Gate, 1630-1830. He dealt in everything from diapers to tombstones.' 20th-21st centuries In the early 19th century, Samuel Eliot, (father of future mayor Samuel Eliot) ran 'what might today be called a department store in Dock Square. Bonnemort's snuff shop ship chandler Samuel Browning innkeeper Elijah Dagget druggist Eliakim Morse hardware dealers John Odin and William Whitwell Aaron Richardson's feather-store auctioneer Benjamin Tucker cardmakers William Whittemore & Co. Baker (at the ' sign of the Punch-bowl') dry-goods dealer John Brazer grocer William Saxton. John Williams at his ware-house, next door to the Golden-Ball, on Dock Square, Boston, choice Bohea tea, at twenty shilling per pound, and very good Cheshire cheese as also sundry other sorts of European goods.' In 1789, tenants in the square included innholder Mrs. One typical 1723 newspaper advertisement declares of a store in Dock Square: 'Just arrived from London and to be sold by Mr. Four likely negros, and sundry sort of merchandize, all to be seen at the place of sale from two of the clock till the sale begins.' will be sold by publick vendue at the Sun Tavern on Dock Square at five a clock p.m. Thomas Smith, Dock Square, slave boy at 14' in 1717 and in the Sun Tavern in 1727: 'On Thursday.

Dock Square'' and 'townspeople were urged not to buy from persons selling in Dock Square or nearby streets.' īuying and selling of slaves also took place in Dock Square (and elsewhere in town), for instance by 'Capt. 'Town records abound with complaints that Dock Square and other areas near Faneuil Hall were cluttered with carts and market paraphernalia, the market people apparently preferring standing outside the market to paying for a stall inside it and submitting to its other regulations.' By 1764, it was illegal for vendors to place ''any horse, cart, carriage, stall, stand, bench, block, provisions or incumbrance in or upon.

and completely demolished the market house in Dock Square.' In 1742 Faneuil Hall opened, again with mixed support. A few years later, anti-market sentiment had reached a boiling point: 'in 1737 a mob disguised as clergymen turned out one wintry night. In 1733 a public market building opened, to some controversy (opponents disliked regulation). In the 17th and 18th centuries vendors would sell their wares (butter, fish, etc.) in the open, or from stalls. The final development will include a rooftop deck for condo owners with views of Faneuil Hall, the Greenway, and elsewhere.History 17th-19th centuries įor much of its long history, Dock Square has been a center of commerce in Boston. In the end, the height of the project- which had proved controversial at times-will rise to just short of 125 feet. There is also supposed to be an additional 3,500 square feet of “lifestyle retail” along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.Īlthough Fortis will retain most of the garage’s parking spots, the levels of parking will shrink from seven to five. Fortis also plans to redevelop the garage’s existing retail into 8,000 square feet of what it described in a release as “prime restaurant and luxury retail opening onto a new corner plaza located at the corner of North and Clinton streets.” Plans call for a six-story vertical addition to the existing garage with up to 210 condos. The Boston Zoning Commission has approved the redevelopment of the Dock Square Garage at 20 Clinton Street next to Faneuil Hall, clearing the way for New York-based developer Fortis Property Group to reimagine the 698-spot carport.

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