Street Dates

I took the following dates from A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. In The City of Boston, published by the city of Boston in 1910. Streets marked (a) are in the book, but listed with no date. Streets marked with (b) are not in the book, and have been accepted by the city after 1910. I do have access to dated maps showing a minimum age for some of the streets, and in time I'll go back and try to added dates to some of the "a" and "b" streets.

The dating of the streets of the city of Boston was a great undertaking. The earliest dates seem to have been taken from early maps and citations in documents. The year 1825 seems to be the first they have regular records for, and it is noted in many listings that streets listed under 1825 are often much older - often of Colonial vintage. The dates given are for acceptance. Most streets were actually laid out withing the next several years. Many streets have changed somewhat over the years, with different sections being laid out at different times. Parker street was extended towards Centre street long after it was first laid out near Tremont street. Many streets have also changed names. In most cases, I have ignored the name changes and given the date of the original city acceptance.

Seeing the streets listed by date - and thus, by age - is a nice way to see the growth of Jamaica Plain. A series of maps based on this data would be better, but it is beyond my ability or time. Needless to say, there are errors somewhere in the list. and I'm sure I've left out some streets. I decided on my own boundary for Jamaica Plain, as I've noted in an earlier entry. If you see that your street is missing, please let me know. If you think I've included a street that's not in Jamaica Plain, pass it by me and I'll decide whether it belongs. Final word - this list is worth every cent you pay for it.

Centre street	1662
Day street	1662
School street	1662
South street	1662
Washington street	1788
Amory street	1796
Eliot street	1802
Walk Hill street	1802
Dedham turnpike	1806
Bourne street	1825
Boylston street	1825
Burroughs street	1825
Canterbury street	1825
Heath street	1825
May street	1825
Perkins street	1825
Pond street	1825
Walter street	1825
Prince street	1828
Bussey street	1832
Morton street	1832
Boston avenue (Lamartine)	1837
Green street	1837
Cornwall street	1843
Hyde Park avenue	1843
Avon street	1845
Lakeville road	1846
Elm street	1847
Forest Hills street	1848
Lamartine street	1848
Carolina avenue	1849
Louder's lane	1849
Roanoke avenue	1849
Seaverns avenue	1849
Starr lane	1849
Woodside avenue	1849
Keyes street*	1850
Lee street	1850
Newbern street	1850
Green Hill avenue	1851
Jamaica street	1851
Harris avenue	1852
Glen road	1853
Greenough avenue	1853
Brewer street	1855
Creighton street	1856
Chilcott place	1857
Alveston street	1858
Boylston avenue	1858
New Heath street	1859
Chestnut street	1860
Child street	1860
Allandale street	1863
Gordon street	1865
Orchard street	1866
Brookside avenue	1868
Sheridan avenue	1868
Walnut avenue	1868
Woodman street	1868
Atherton street	1869
Beethoven street	1869
Florian street	1869
Boynton street	1870
Chestnut place	1870
Hall street	1870
Arcadia street	1871
Bishop street	1871
Bowe street	1871
Bragdon street	1871
Everett street	1871
Germania street	1871
Grotto Glen road	1871
John A. Andrew street	1871
Neponset avenue	1871
Parker street	1871
Weld avenue	1871
Williams street	1871
Bickford street	1872
Bromley street	1872
Greenough park	1872
Rockwood street	1872
Adeliade terrace	1874
Lamartine place	1874
Revere street	1874
Spring Park avenue	1874
Union avenue	1874
Walden street	1874
Bickford avenue	1875
Brown terrace	1875
Thomas street	1875
Jess street	1876
Myrtle street	1876
Oakdale street	1876
Porter street	1876
Burr street	1877
Call street	1877
Chestnut avenue	1877
Holbrook street	1877
Enfield street	1880
Hoffman street	1880
Parley avenue	1880
Rockview street	1880
Roys street	1880
Alfred street	1881
Arklow street	1881
Custer street	1881
Danforth street	1881
Sedgwick street Paul Gore street	1881 1882
Meehan street	1883
Ashley street	1884
Ballard street	1884
Boylston place	1884
Lawndale terrace	1884
Parley vale	1884
Robeson street	1884
Sigourney road	1884
Dimock street	1885
Marmion street	1885
Copley street	1886
Anson street	1887
Armstrong street	1887
Bolster street	1887
Hagar street	1887
Mozart street	1887
Wachusett street	1887
Clive street	1888
Edge Hill street	1889
Gay Head street	1889
Burnett street	1890
Cranston street	1890
Egleston street	1890
Fessenden street	1890
Forbes street	1890
Plainfield street	1890
Stedman street	1890
Peter Parley road	1891
Schiller street	1891
Sylvia street	1891
Weld Hill street	1891
Wenham street	1891
Wyman street	1891
Jamaicaway	1892
Locksley street	1892
Moss Hill road	1892
Ophir street	1892
Robinwood avenue	1892
St. Joseph street	1892
Sunnyside street	1892
Tower street	1892
Willow Pond road	1892
Woodland road	1892
Woodlawn street	1892
Adelaide street	1893
Barlow street	1893
Catherine street	1893
Jamaica place	1893
Leeland street	1893
Olmstead street	1893
Sunset avenue	1893
Spalding street	1894
Varney street	1894
Castleton street	1895
Hampstead road	1895
Iffley road	1895
Marbury terrace	1895
Montebello road	1895
Park lane	1895
Zamora street	1895
Aldworth street	1896
Arcola street	1896
Ballard way	1896
Barbara street	1896
Bynner street	1896
Chestnut square	1896
Chestnut terrace	1896
Craft place	1896
Eldridge road	1896
Hubbard street	1896
Patten street	1896
Rodman street	1896
Wyvern street	1896
Newsome park	1897
St. Mark street	1897
St. Rose street	1897
Arborway terrace	1898
Bancroft street	1898
Dixwell street	1898
Ernst street	1898
Glade avenue	1898
Glenside avenue	1898
Biltmore street	1899
Dresden street	1899
Grovenor road	1899
Hunter street	1899
Oakview terrace	1899
Rowen court	1899
Achorn circle	1900
Cleaves street	1900
Dolan's court	1900
Meehan place	1900
Asticou road	1901
Haverford street	1902
Beecher street	1903
St. Peter street	1903
Beaufort road	1905
Dane street	1905
Estrella street	1905
Segel street	1906
Varona street	1906
Alveston terrace	1907
Dunster road	1907
Halliday street	1907
Arborway court	1909
Rossmore road	1910
Toll Gate way	1910
Agassiz park	a
Alden place	a
Amory avenue	a
Amory terrace	a
Arborway	a
Atherton place	a
Atwood square	a
Bismark street	a
Carolina place	a
Dalrymple street	a
Eliot place	a
Erie place	a
Forest Hills avenue	a
Francis Parkman drive	a
Glenvale terrace	a
Glines avenue	a
Goldsmith place	a
Hathaway street	a
Lamartine terrace	a
Larch place	a
Lester place	a
Maple place	a
Marlou terrace	a
Merriam street	a
Meyer street	a
Minton street	a
Oakdale terrace	a
Organ park street	a
Peabody place	a
Rockview place	a
School street place	a
Story place	a
Wallace park	a
Warren square	a
Arborview road	b
Blanvon road	b
Bremen terrace	b
Brookley road	b
Brownson terrace	b
Buckley avenue	b
Calvin road	b
Candor place	b
Cartford road	b
Cataumet street	b
Catenaccia way	b
Cedarwood road	b
Cerina road	b
David road	b
Driftwood road	b
Dunning way	b
Elwell road	b
Goodrich road	b
Goodway road	b
Granada Park	b
Greenley place	b
Greenview avenue - Centre pl	b
Halifax street	b
Hampstead lane	b
Herbertson road	b
Hillcroft road	b
Hillside avenue	b
Hopkins road	b
Horan way	b
Jamaicaway court	b
Kenton road	b
Lennoco road	b
Lila road	b
Lourdes avenue	b
Mendell way	b
Metcalf court	b
Meyer court	b
Nellian crescent	b
New Minton street	b
Nira avenue	b
Oleary way	b
Orchardhill road	b
Pitsmoor road	b
Quarley road	b
Rambler road	b
Rockvale circle	b
Rocky Nook terrace	b
Shurland street	b
Stonley road	b
Termine avenue	b
View S avenue	b
Wayburn road	b
Westchester road	b
Winchester terrace	b
Yale terrace	b
Zamora court	b