Adams Square (BERy station)

Adams Square

Adams Square station in 1897
Coordinates 42°21′36.65″N 71°3′25.99″W / 42.3601806°N 71.0572194°W / 42.3601806; -71.0572194Coordinates: 42°21′36.65″N 71°3′25.99″W / 42.3601806°N 71.0572194°W / 42.3601806; -71.0572194
Line(s) Tremont Street Subway
History
Opened September 3, 1898[1]
Closed October 28, 1963[1]
Services
Preceding station   Boston Elevated Railway   Following station
One-way operation
Tremont Street Subway
One-way operation
Main Line Elevated
1901-1908

Adams Square was an underground streetcar station located at Adams Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1898 and was used until 1963.

History

The original headhouse in 1898

An unusual northbound-only station with a unique layout, Adams Square station was opened with the rest of the northern section of the Tremont Street Subway on September 3, 1898. Initially designed for streetcars only, the station was retrofitted in 1901 to also handle Main Line Elevated trains, which ran through the subway until the completion of the Washington Street Tunnel in 1908. Thereafter the station reverted to exclusive streetcar use.[1][2]

The station was originally built with a large granite head house by Charles Brigham, which was similar in appearance to the station entrance at Scollay Square. In 1931 this entranceway was removed to improve visibility for automobile drivers and was replaced by a significantly smaller structure of modern design.[3][4] (Large headhouses at Scollay Square and Harvard were also torn down for similar reasons in that era.)[5]:32[6]

Adams Square was closed on October 28, 1963 as part of the Government Center renewal project, and was subsequently largely demolished and covered during the construction of Boston City Hall.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Belcher, Jonathan (19 March 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Cudahy, Brian J. (2003). A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 83, 90–91. ISBN 0-8232-2292-6.
  3. 1 2 Cheney, Frank; Sammarco, Anthony M. (1997). Trolleys Under the Hub. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-7524-0907-7.
  4. ↑ "Will Tear Down Adams-Sq. Station". Boston Daily Globe. July 30, 1931. p. 6 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Cheney, Frank (2002). Boston's Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Braintree. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738510477.
  6. ↑ "Common's Subway Forts May Yet Yield to Attack of Beauty Lovers". Boston Daily Globe. December 27, 1931. p. 26 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. (subscription required (help)).

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