These North End / Waterfront photographs run from 1900 through the 1940s. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge photos. Do you have old photos we can add to this collection? Email info@northendwaterfront.com
Cleveland Place block, North End, showing rooftop overcrowding (from Boston Tenement album) 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Hanover St Suydam, E. H. (Edward Howard), 1885-1940 (artist) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End aerial with gas tank (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Old house, corner of Lewis and North Streets (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Boston slums, 1909 Photo by Thomas E. Marr (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Paul Revere House Taken 1909 by Thomas Marr – 2 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Paul Revere House Taken 1909 by Thomas Marr (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Stoddart House (in centre), Prince Street where Major Pitcairn died (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Wells House, Salem Street, North End (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Entrance to Paul Revere House. Built 1680, taken 1909 by Thomas Marr (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Hutchinson House, North (or Clark’s) Square fronting on Garden Court with gardens to Fleet & Hanover Streets, built late 1600s, razed in 1834 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Johnson-Singleton House Charter St (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Mather-Elliot House, Hanover St. (Home of Cotton Mather) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Newmans House on Corner of Sheafe St. and Salem St. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Revere House, 19 and 20 North Square. Originally had three windows across front. Built 1677 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
The Newman House, Sheafe and Salem Streets Tolman, George R., 1848-1909 (artist) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Thoreau House, Prince St. Built in 1727 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
William Clough House off Charter Street. Built 1698 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Aerial Downtown North End 1928 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Custom House looking toward North End 1928 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Aerial North End Waterfront 1928 – (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Aerial North End Waterfront 1944 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Aerial of the North End and West End (Note the Gas Tank in the “Gassy”) – 1925 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Story hour for girls at the North End Library – 1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Outside the North End Library – 1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Aerial North End and West End – Shows Gas Tank (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Copps Hill (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End Park, Navy Yard in background Photo by Frank B. Conlin 1908 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Aerial of North End in 1925 (with Gas Tank) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Old North Church (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Old North Church with Clock (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Hart House on Copps Hill – Edmund Hart the original owner, built the ship Constitution. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End Beach – Kids in Water (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End Beach with Commercial Street (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Paul Revere House (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End Aerial – 1923 – (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Commercial Street Train Railroad (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End Beach on Commercial St. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End March 1939 – Courtesy of Boston Herald – Cover of Street Corner Society
#4 Greenough Lane. Photo shows narrow space left between the five-story dwelling on the right and the three-story dwelling on the left.1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
#13 Hanover St., North End. Toilet partition does not reach ceiling 1936 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
388 Hanover St., North End 1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Copps Hill ca1910 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Mather Tomb Copps Hill ca 1910 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Rear of Cleveland Place – North End 1934 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
430r Hanover St., North End 1936 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Demolition between Hanover Ave. and Harris St., North End 1936 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Houses on Salem St. Old wooden houses 1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Hull St. Copps Hill burying ground in foreground (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Old House on North Street (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Singleton House on Charter St. – 1898 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Somewhere in the North End (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Hanover Street Court. Recent demolitions have left this area vacant. Sunlight reaches the front rooms of the house pictured for the first time 1930s (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Hartt House, Hull St. Built in 1774 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
N. Margin St. Ct. – North End 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End Health Unit [White Fund] 1923 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End tenements 1930 – 1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End tenements with children on street 1930-1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End tenements with children playing – 1930s (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
North End tenements 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Obsolete and unused houses in the North End. Corner Hanover and Tileston Streets 1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Off Fulton Street, North End. Housing Assoc 1930s (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Old building on Prince St. Built in 1770. Used by the British during the Revolution as a hospital 1892 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Public Alley 102. From 9 Marshall St. to 8 Creek Square. Showing the Boston stone. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
Rear of house on Page’s Court North End 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)
City of Boston Archives – Salem Street in 1949
Lincoln Wharf under construction with framing – early 1900s (Source: private collection)
Lincoln Wharf under construction March 1900 (Source: private collection)
Lincoln Wharf under construction in 1900 (Source: private collection)
Lincoln Wharf under construction – early 1900s (Source: unknown)
