Few events can be said to have changed the face of Boston forever. Eventually destroying 775 buildings and causing millions of dollars in damage to the commercial section that we now know as Boston s business district, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a spectacular conflagration that destroyed old Boston and allowed a phoenix to arise from the ashes. This exciting new pictorial history brings to life the drama that began one Saturday evening in 1872 when a fire started in an empty hoop-skirt factory on the corner of Summer and Kingston Streets. At the time, Boston was in the throes of a epizootic disease that caused all horses in the area to be ill. This caused a virtual shutdown of transportation and city services and delayed the fire department s response to calls for help. By the time the breathless firemen arrived, the fire had already consumed the granite five-story factory and burst through the mansard roof, which acted as a flue and spread the fire. Within an hour, much of Summer Street was engulfed in flames and firemen from near and far were being summoned to combat the spread of the deadly blaze. By midnight, the fire had spread through Summer Street to Arch Street and was attacking Winthrop Square. Old Trinity Church, at the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets, had given itself up to the flames.
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With this moving new work, author Anthony Mitchell Sammarco has artfully combined images and text to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the awesome fire. A well-known lecturer and local historian, Mr. Sammarco has created an entertaining and educational look at a critical and unsteady moment in Boston's past.
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The Great Boston Fire of 1872 destroyed much of downtown Boston, an urea of 40 acres bound by Summer, Washington, and Milk Streets and the waterfront. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crenelated tower, burnt district, new post office Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Washington Street, Summer Street, Old South Meeting House, Franklin Street, Milk Street, State Street, Trinity Church, Devonshire Street, Great Boston Fire, Charles Bulfinch, New England, Old State House, Post Office Square, Congress Street, Franklin Place, Pearl Street, Tontine Crescent, Boston City Hall, Park Street Church, Back Bay, Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum, Courtesy of William Dillon, Purchase Street, Arch Street, Church Green New!
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The Great Boston Fire of 1872 destroyed much of downtown Boston, an urea of 40 acres bound by Summer, Washington, and Milk Streets and the waterfront. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crenelated tower, burnt district, new post office Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Washington Street, Summer Street, Old South Meeting House, Franklin Street, Milk Street, State Street, Trinity Church, Devonshire Street, Great Boston Fire, Charles Bulfinch, New England, Old State House, Post Office Square, Congress Street, Franklin Place, Pearl Street, Tontine Crescent, Boston City Hall, Park Street Church, Back Bay, Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum, Courtesy of William Dillon, Purchase Street, Arch Street, Church Green New!
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- West Roxbury (MA) (Then & Now) (Then & Now (Arcadia)) by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco in Back Matter
- Best of Boston (MA) (The Best of Images of America) by Best of Images of America in Front Matter
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