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Boston: Jeffries Point
Jeffries Point is a neighborhood in Boston, located across Boston Harbor from Boston's central neighborhoods. The neighborhood is bordered on land by Boston Logan International Airport to the east/northeast, Massachusetts Route 1A to the north, and Chelsea Street & Maverick Square to the west.
The neighborhood is notable as the second-most important immigration debarkation point on the United States' east coast, after Ellis Island. The East Boston Immigration Station opened in 1920, and operated until 1954. About 230,000 immigrants arrived in Boston between 1920 and 1954, with many being processed inside the immigration station. Jeffries Point has historically been centered around Brophy Memorial Park, which was originally known as Belmont Square. Belmont Square was laid out on the top of Camp Hill in 1833. Camp Hill was named for the military earthwork, called Noddle's Island Fort, which was on the site from 1775 to 1778. The encampment was controlled by the British from 1775 to 1776, and then by the Patriots from 1776 to 1778. Three-deckers on Maverick Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/8172/Jw2PvE.jpg Buildings on Maverick Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/9158/3ouIq3.jpg Three-deckers on Everett Street. The garage dates to 1929. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/6634/q2NSOv.jpg Buildings on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/4256/z4YKCT.jpg A restaurant on Sumner Street at Cottage Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/3899/1Wrxzo.jpg Houses on Noble Court. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/6789/Eo5N4l.jpg Houses on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/9114/1ZnA9m.jpg Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, on Sumner Street. The church was built in 1873. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/7109/Fa8FVX.jpg Houses on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/2763/45cHTY.jpg The former Our Lady of the Assumption School, on Seaver Street. The school was built in 1891, and is now used as housing. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/7209/IkzA82.jpg A duplex on Seaver Street, facing Brophy Memorial Park. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/4341/Eg1jGt.jpg Samuel Adams Elementary School, on Webster Street. The school was built in 1910. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/2999/b16kZd.jpg Rowhouses on Webster Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/9401/NEdxDR.jpg Rowhouses on Webster Street. The houses were built between 1847 and 1852 in a Greek Revival style, and are similar to those in Beacon Hill or Charlestown. The houses were originally meant for professionals and businessmen. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/5323/WomV7H.jpg Houses on Lamson Street, facing Brophy Park. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/8360/j45GxI.jpg Houses on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/4866/ZdZy9h.jpg Houses on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/4673/OXyMmj.jpg Houses on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/3230/QVZbVy.jpg Looking up Webster Street from Sumner Street. The triangle formed by the meeting of the two streets is McCormack Square, and rather than being a public park, it is used by the neighborhood for parking. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/4569/ukmgCR.jpg Houses on Webster Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/8250/lwU0pI.jpg Houses on Webster Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/7939/33Lrdh.jpg A house on Webster Street, built in 1830. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/9490/9Qwxit.jpg Houses on Webster Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/723/Nz2fZp.jpg A house on Webster Street, built in 1895. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/6610/kWrwnA.jpg At the foot of Ruth Street is the Golden Staircase. These stairs were so named because they were the final climb to a golden opportunity in America for immigrants that landed in Boston. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/8760/hehVGW.jpg Next to the Golden Staircase, along Ruth Street, is Golden Stairs Park. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/895/CY7Rxj.jpg On the east end of Marginal Street is the Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/3351/0OOcUS.jpg Piers Park, along the harborfront on Marginal Street. The seawall for the park was built in 1870. The park was completed in 1996, and was previously the debarkation point for the Cunard Steamship Line, which brought European immigrants from Liverpool, England. The park replaced Wood Island Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, which was torn up for an extension of Boston Logan International Airport. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/6725/eIO2yY.jpg "Nantucket", or Lightship #112, located at the end of a pier off of Marginal Street. The ship was built in 1936 in Wilmington, Delaware. It replaced another lightship call the "Nantucket", which was sunk when hit by the RMS Olympic. The Nantucket served until 1983. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/8870/hApNsi.jpg An excellent view of the Boston skyline is provided at Piers Park. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/1562/YUaYsa.jpg Houses on Cottage Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/1296/2eJFRI.jpg The Bunker Hill Monument, located in the Charlestown neighborhood and at 221 feet tall, is visible from Marginal Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/2297/296Qy2.jpg A tiny house on Marginal Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/5223/WrdvpP.jpg A house on Haynes Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/269/1rcKuj.jpg The Immigrants Home, on Marginal Street. The structure was built in 1912, and provided social services for immigrants who arrived to the United States in the neighborhood. https://imageshack.com/a/img921/3174/nuTCcV.jpg A mixed-use building on Orleans Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/9889/7mGE5H.jpg Portside At East Pier apartments, at Bremen & Marginal Streets. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/1889/nF40rn.jpg Condos on Sumner Street, inside a firehouse built in 1920. https://imageshack.com/a/img924/1536/9IS06n.jpg Houses on Sumner Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/7071/BZt13u.jpg An apartment building on Orleans Street. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/7272/RwdV2G.jpg Near the western border of the Jeffries Point neighborhood is the East Boston Greenway. The Greenway was originally a rail line for the Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company. The Greenway was constructed in 1999 and opened in 2007. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/5779/42fki8.jpg The Maverick T Station on the Blue Line, at Maverick Square, marks the western edge of the neighborhood. The railroad tunnel was completed in 1904, and when finished, it was the largest diameter and longest submarine railroad tunnel in the world. Subway service replaced light rail service in 1924. https://imageshack.com/a/img923/606/H6LRHh.jpg |
Nice to see a part of Boston not normally found on this forum - most of what's posted here is limited to downtown, Back Bay, and Beacon Hill. Thanks for sharing - reminds me a bit of South Philly, especially the pic with the "ad-hoc" parking lot.
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Beautiful
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enjoy enjoy
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Pure urban americana :cheers:
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My grandpa was raised here. He called it the Alms House. There was a Identical sister building on Cambridge street in the old West End that served the same function. It was where the Library currently is. |
very nice job and focus on this thread :tup:
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Very nice. I love those triple deckers.
This view is stunning! |
Great set of an area which is more representative of Boston vernacular than the what the money shots we usually see here show. I know most people on this forum are aware, but Boston is not a row house city like Philly, Baltimore, or Brooklyn. It's mostly triple deckers with Federal-style mini-rows sprinkled throughout.
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Nice job!
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For anyone interested, one picture's link was incorrect, and was for a picture duplicated. I've corrected it, so that each picture is correct with its caption.
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That small neighborhood once supported two Catholic parishes and two Catholic schools: Assumption and Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel closed and was for a decade or so occupied by parishioners while they appealed to Rome to no avail.
A third Catholic parish is just north of Maverick Square: Most Holy Redeemer. The neighborhood went from Yankee to Irish to Italian to Hispanic to now (gasp!) young professionals. |
Thanks for the eye candy!
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Nice houses.
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