Downtown Crossing in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Boston Transcript Building

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 13, 2021

1. Boston Transcript Building Marker

Inscription.

Washington Street was Boston's Newspaper Row, home to all the city dailies into the 1950s. The Boston Evening Transcript, founded in 1830, was the city's first afternoon daily. By 1870, the influential newspaper was the largest in New England and was the paper of Boston's financial and political elite, noted for being "always refined...staunchly Republican."

When the Transcript offices burned in the Great Fire of 1872, prestigious Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant was commissioned to design this new site on the publishing corridor. It is typical of his fine large-scale commercial sites.

Erected by The Bostonian Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Disasters. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.

Location. 42° 21.408′ N, 71° 3.512′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Downtown Crossing. Marker is on Milk Street east of Washington Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Old South Meeting House (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Old South Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); Here Stood The Province House

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(within shouting distance of this marker); The Province House (within shouting distance of this marker); Boston Irish Famine Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 45 Milk Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Spring Lane (within shouting distance of this marker); The Old Corner Bookstore (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

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Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 13, 2021

2. Boston Transcript Building and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 28, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.