Boylston Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in the city of Boston , Massachusetts and its western suburbs. The street begins in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, forms the southern border of the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common , runs through Back Bay and Boston's Fenway neighborhood, merges into Brookline Ave and then Washington Street, emerging again contiguous with Route 9 out to where it crosses Route 128 , after which it becomes Worcester Street.
22-554: As early as 1722, Boylston Street, then a short road on the outskirts of the town of Boston, was known as Frogg Lane or Frog Lane. It was later renamed for Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), a philanthropist and benefactor of Harvard University . Boylston, who was a descendant of Zabdiel Boylston , was born in Boston and spent much of his life in it. Boylston Market , and the town of Boylston, Massachusetts , were also named for him. From east to west, Boston's Boylston Street begins at
44-693: A descendant of the physician Zabdiel Boylston , was an American merchant, a philanthropist, and benefactor of Harvard University . Boylston was born in Boston , Province of Massachusetts , and spent much of his life there. His father, Benjamin Hallowell III , Esq., was the Commissioner of Customs, and the family lived in the Jamaica Plain end of what was then the town of Roxbury, just south of Boston. His mother, Mary (Boylston) Hallowell,
66-503: A hand-woven cloth to an industrial pulp. AAS undertakes special efforts to preserve printed records from this time period, as the Society maintains an on-site conservation department with various sewing, cloth, and binding materials to aid in the preservation process. Over its two-hundred-year history, the Society has had 14 formal leaders who have shaped the organization's vision, collections, and day-to-day operations. Leadership roles at
88-515: A national research library of pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. Founded in 1812, it is the oldest historical society in the United States with a national focus. Its main building, known as Antiquarian Hall, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in recognition of this legacy. The mission of the AAS is to collect, preserve and make available for study all printed records of what
110-631: A number of them are unique. Historic materials from all fifty U.S. states, most of Canada and the British West Indies are included in the AAS repository. One of the more famous volumes held by the Society is a copy of the first book printed in America, the Bay Psalm Book . AAS has one of the largest collections of newspapers printed in America through 1876, with more than two million issues in its collection. Its collections contain
132-686: A valuable collection of medical and anatomical works and engravings. He donated funds for Harvard's Boylston Medical Library and the Boylston Anatomical Museum, for various prizes for medical dissertations, and for the Boylston Medical Society. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1819. The Suffolk County Records state that "To the inhabitants of the town of Princeton he gave $ 1000, one half to be paid to
154-475: Is printing technology , especially in eighteenth-century British North America. Since Isaiah Thomas was a newspaper man himself, he collected a large number of printed materials. With regard to printing, paper making , edition setting, and reprinting, not much had changed in European technology by the eighteenth century. It was not until the late eighteenth century that paper-making material began to evolve from
176-428: Is now known as the United States of America. This includes materials from the first European settlement through the year 1876. The AAS offers programs on a wide variety of subjects including but not limited to Environmental History, Indigenous Peoples Studies, and American Religion for professional scholars, pre-collegiate, undergraduate and graduate students, educators, professional artists, writers, genealogists , and
198-817: The Back Bay neighborhood, where it passes along the north side of Copley Square . West of the Back Bay neighborhood, the street intersects with the Fenway to form the northern boundary of the Back Bay Fens . Here it intersects with the Charlesgate viaduct, connecting to Storrow Drive . West of this intersection, the street carries traffic in both directions as a two-way, six-lane street through Boston's Fenway neighborhood. It runs through high-rise, mixed-use buildings one block south of Fenway Park before ending at
220-521: The 1650s. On the initiative of Isaiah Thomas , the AAS was founded on October 24, 1812, through an act of the Massachusetts General Court . It was the third historical society established in America, and the first to be national in its scope. Isaiah Thomas started the collection with approximately 8,000 books from his personal library. The first library building was erected in 1820 in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1853,
242-439: The AAS have historically overlapped in chronology, as different roles oversaw different aspects of the Society simultaneously. The American Antiquarian Society's membership includes scholars, writers, journalists, historians, artists, filmmakers, collectors, American presidents, and civic leaders. Notable members include the following individuals: AAS was presented with the 2013 National Humanities Medal by President Obama in
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#1732776649572264-538: The Society moved its collections to a larger building at the corner of Highland Street, also in Worcester. This building was later abandoned and another new building was constructed. Designed by Winslow, Bigelow & Wadsworth , the Georgian Revival building was completed in 1910 and stands on the corner of Park Avenue and Salisbury Street. There have been several additions to this building to accommodate
286-572: The deacons of the Church and congregation over which Rev'd Samuel Clarke was pastor, the net income to be applied towards the salary of the minister. The remaining five hundred dollars to be loaned to industrious young men in the town until it doubled when the income should be expended for the support of indigent and deserving widows and female orphan children." According to Dr. Nathan Allen, "Mr. Boylston, while in Princeton, lived in princely style and
308-424: The first American women's magazine edited by a woman, The Humming Bird, or Herald of Taste . The collection also contains over 60,000 pieces of sheet music, over 300 games (including puzzles, board games, and cards), a large historical pottery collection, extensive New England diaries and personal papers, a diverse collection of photographs dating from the 1830s to the 1920s, and children's literature dating back to
330-411: The general public. The collections of the AAS contain over four million books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, graphic arts materials and manuscripts. The Society is estimated to hold copies of two-thirds of the total books known to have been printed in what is now the United States from the establishment of the first press in 1640 through the year 1820; many of these volumes are exceedingly rare and
352-500: The growing collection. The most recent addition was completed in 2019 and created room for an updated HVAC system, conservation lab, and multi-use learning lab. AAS was presented with the 2013 National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. As part of AAS's mission as a learned society, it offers a variety of public lectures and seminars. One topic to which AAS dedicates significant academic energies
374-756: The intersection of Park Drive , Brookline Avenue , and the Riverway . The MIT Rogers Building was at 497 Boylston Street when MIT had its original campus in Boston, before it moved to Cambridge in 1916. A plaque on the building serves as a commemoration. On April 15, 2013, 666 Boylston Street was the scene of two explosive detonations that occurred during the running of the 117th Boston marathon , which killed 3 people and wounded at least 264. The MBTA Green Line follows Boylston Street in Back Bay , with stops at Boylston , Arlington , Copley , and Hynes Convention Center . Ward Nicholas Boylston Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828; born Ward Hallowell ),
396-584: The intersection of Essex Street and Washington Street in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood at the edge of Downtown Boston. It is a one-way street running west-to-east from Tremont Street to Washington Street. West of Tremont Street, it runs along the southern edge of the Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden . West of Arlington Street, it is a one-way street running eastbound, forming a major traffic artery and commercial street through
418-604: The name Boylston is honored, being attached to a medical library, an anatomical museum, a medical society and prize medals for essays to improve medical science." Both Boylston Street in Boston and Boylston Street in Jamaica Plain are named after him, as is the town of Boylston, Massachusetts , Boylston Hall at Harvard University, and the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard in honor of his uncle, Nicholas Boylston. Boylston
440-524: Was a brother of Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew , one of Nelson's Band of Brothers , and a nephew of governor Moses Gill . He was brother-in-law to John Elmsley , Chief Justice of Upper and Lower Canada, via marriage to his sister Mary. American Antiquarian Society The American Antiquarian Society ( AAS ), located in Worcester, Massachusetts , is both a learned society and
462-544: Was remarkable for his politeness to all with whom lie came in contact. He possessed an unusual amount of intelligence and liberality in his benefactions. While residing in London he became familiarly acquainted with the celebrated Dr. John Hunter , and having had two uncles in this country distinguished members of the medical profession, he became greatly interested in all matters pertaining to medicine. For this purpose he made some handsome donations to Harvard University , so that
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#1732776649572484-568: Was the daughter of Thomas Boylston , and a first cousin of Susanna Boylston , the mother of the second president of the United States, John Adams , and grandmother of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams . Boylston bequeathed to Harvard University , on behalf of his uncle, Nicholas Boylston, $ 23,200 as a foundation of a professorship in Rhetoric and Oratory, specifying that John Quincy Adams should be appointed professor. He continued to donate large sums of money to Harvard, and in 1810 gave them
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