Columbus Avenue (Boston)

Columbus Avenue (est.1860) in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1] runs from Park Square to just south of Melnea Cass Boulevard, as well as from Tremont Street to Walnut Avenue and Seaver Street, where it continues as Seaver Street to Blue Hill Avenue and to Erie Street, where it ends.^[2] It intersects the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods.

Columbus Avenue
Major junctions
South end	Walnut Avenue in Roxbury
North end	Park Plaza in Beacon Hill
Location
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State

Buildings & tenants

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church[3] Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Doris Bunte Apartments[4] Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe Home for Aged Couples Northeastern University Roxbury Community College Youth's Companion Building

Former buildings & tenants Allan Crite Boston Flower Exchange Hotel Statler, Columbus Avenue and Arlington Street Massachusetts Metaphysical College Pope Manufacturing Company, 1890s Savoy Cafe[5] South End Grounds Temple Israel (Boston) Vega Company Waitt & Bond Factory (Later owned by Alles & Fisher, now part of Northeastern University)[6]

Images

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  Map of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1883
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  Boston and Providence R.R. Station, Park Square, late 19th century
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  Bird's-eye view of Columbus Ave. and vicinity, 1902
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  McGreevey's Third Base Saloon, no.940 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing, 1914 (Boston Public Library)
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  Columbus Avenue, 2009
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  Doris Bunte Apartments, 2020
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  An MBTA 29 bus at the Bray St stop, on the center-running bus lane