Devonshire street; a collection of facts and incidents together with reproductions of illustrations pertaining to an Old Boston street . equirementsof the United States Army. Academy open from morningto 9 in the evening. At the time of the great fire in 1872 the small shops and smallbusiness interests had largely disappeared, and Devonshire Streetwas crowded to its entire length with wholesale dry-goods houses,warerooms, furnishings, and fancy goods. It in fact was thedividing line between the dry-goods section and the wholesaleshoe and leather goods trade which then crowded about Federal
Devonshire street; a collection of facts and incidents together with reproductions of illustrations pertaining to an Old Boston street . equirementsof the United States Army. Academy open from morningto 9 in the evening. At the time of the great fire in 1872 the small shops and smallbusiness interests had largely disappeared, and Devonshire Streetwas crowded to its entire length with wholesale dry-goods houses,warerooms, furnishings, and fancy goods. It in fact was thedividing line between the dry-goods section and the wholesaleshoe and leather goods trade which then crowded about FederalStreet. The great fire of 1872 swept everything on DevonshireStreet, from Milk to Summer, but did not touch the part fromMilk to State or State to Dock Square. So great was the heat ofthe flames that silver coins in the safe of E. C. Dyer at 158 Devon-shire Street, though in a tin box, in a thick steel box, in an ironsafe, were melted like wax, the silver, tin, and the black enamel ofthe tin running together. To-day Devonshire Street contains the sites of the biggest banksand the greatest banking houses in New England, the largest. DEVONSHIRE STREET AND SPRING LANE IN 1912Showing the present location of the Second National Bank in the larger building DEVONSHIRE STREET 47 insurance companies, and some of the great commission houseswhich have made the name of Boston known the world over. Itsfuture development seems to be along financial lines. Indeed, theday may not be far distant when Devonshire Street will be thegreat financial centre of Boston.
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