State Street is a major street in the financial district in Boston, Massachusetts and is one of the oldest streets in the city. The street is the site of some historic landmarks. The Faneuil Hall Marketplace can also be found nearby. The east end of State Street is at Long Wharf

Long Wharf (Boston)

Long Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts "was the busiest pier in the busiest port in America during early colonial times." It extended nearly a half-mile into the harbor, beginning from State Street...

, where ferries are available to several places, including the airport.

History

In 1630 the first Puritan

Puritan

The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...

 settlers, led by John Winthrop

John Winthrop

John Winthrop was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of...

, built their earliest houses along what is today "State Street." The Puritans also originally built the First Church in Boston

First Church in Boston

First Church in Boston is a Unitarian Universalist Church founded in 1630 by John Winthrop's original Puritan settlement in Boston, Massachusetts. The current building is on 66 Marlborough Street in Boston.-History:...

 on the Street across from the marketplace, which was located where the Old State House stands today. By 1636 the thoroughfare was known as Market Street. From 1708-84 it was renamed King Street. After the Revolutionary War, it assumed its current, non-royalist name. In 1770 the Boston Massacre

Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre, called the Boston Riot by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support...

 took place on State Street in front of the Old State House

Old State House (Boston)

The Old State House is a historic government building located at the intersection of Washington and State Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and the seat of the state's legislature until 1798. It is now a history museum...

. In the 19th century State Street became known as Boston's primary location for banks and other financial institutions.

Transportation

The Blue Line

Blue Line (MBTA)

The Blue Line is one of four subway lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority serving Downtown, East Boston and the North Shore. It runs from northeast to southwest, extending from Wonderland station in Revere, Massachusetts to Bowdoin station near Beacon Hill in Boston...

 of the MBTA Subway runs below State Street. Two stations have entrances on State Street: Aquarium

Aquarium (MBTA station)

Aquarium Station of the MBTA, is a station on the Blue Line, serving the New England Aquarium and Boston's Financial District. The station has high vaulted ceilings similar to stations of the Paris and Washington Metros. Above ground, the exits are located in the Financial District at Atlantic...

, and State

State (MBTA station)

State, well known as State Street, is a subway station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, State is the transfer point between the Orange Line and the Blue Line.-Description:...

.

See also

• American Apollo
  American Apollo
  The American Apollo was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 18th-century, featuring "political and commercial intelligence, and other entertaining matter." It was issued by printers Joseph Belknap, along with Alexander Young and Thomas Hall on...
  
  , 18th-c. newspaper
• Boston Custom House
  Boston Custom House
  The Custom House in Boston, Massachusetts, was established in the 17th century and stood near the waterfront in several successive locations through the years. In 1849 the U.S. federal government constructed a neoclassical building on State Street; it remains the "Custom House" known to Bostonians...
  
  
• Boston Massacre
  Boston Massacre
  The Boston Massacre, called the Boston Riot by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support...
  
  
• Bunch-of-Grapes
  Bunch-of-Grapes
  The Bunch-of-Grapes was a tavern located on King Street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Typical of taverns of the time, it served multiple functions in the life of the town. One could buy drinks, concert tickets, slaves; meet friends, business associates, political...
  
  , tavern
• First Town-House, Boston
  First Town-House, Boston
  The First Town-House in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony was located on the site of the Old State House and served as Boston's first purpose-built town hall and colonial government seat....
  
  
• Gilbert & Dean
  Gilbert & Dean
  Gilbert & Dean was a banking and publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, run by Samuel Gilbert and Thomas Dean in the early 19th-century...
  
  , publishers

• Long Wharf (Boston)
  Long Wharf (Boston)
  Long Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts "was the busiest pier in the busiest port in America during early colonial times." It extended nearly a half-mile into the harbor, beginning from State Street...
  
  
• John Mein (publisher)
  John Mein (publisher)
  John Mein was a Boston, Massachusetts, bookseller and publisher in the time before the American Revolution...
  
  
• Merchants Exchange (Boston, Massachusetts)
  Merchants Exchange (Boston, Massachusetts)
  The Merchants Exchange building in Boston, Massachusetts was built in 1841 from a design by architect Isaiah Rogers. Centrally located on State Street, it functioned as a hub for business activities in the city.- History :...
  
  
• Old State House (Boston)
  Old State House (Boston)
  The Old State House is a historic government building located at the intersection of Washington and State Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and the seat of the state's legislature until 1798. It is now a history museum...
  
  
• State Street Block (Boston)
  State Street Block (Boston)
  State Street Block is a granite building near the waterfront in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Architect Gridley James Fox Bryant designed it. In the 1850s "the Long and Central Wharf Corporation .....
  
  

External links

• History of State Street