. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 75 jiiliens eestorator. The old Julien House stood at the corner of Milk and CongressStreets, on the site of the New Post Office, and must ever remainan object of interest to all gastronomers. It was called JuliensRestorator, and was the first establishment noticed with this dis-tinctive title ; all the rest were taverns or boarding houses. M. Jean Baptiste Julien was the inventor of that agreeable jmt-age St. Julien Soup. He came to this country as cook to thecelebrated Dubuque, who was a refugee from the French devolu-tion. The
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 75 jiiliens eestorator. The old Julien House stood at the corner of Milk and CongressStreets, on the site of the New Post Office, and must ever remainan object of interest to all gastronomers. It was called JuliensRestorator, and was the first establishment noticed with this dis-tinctive title ; all the rest were taverns or boarding houses. M. Jean Baptiste Julien was the inventor of that agreeable jmt-age St. Julien Soup. He came to this country as cook to thecelebrated Dubuque, who was a refugee from the French devolu-tion. The old house with its gables, overhanging upper stories,and hugh chimney, was taken down in 1824, and succeeded byJulien, afterward Congress Hall. Its site was once a M. Juliens death in 1805, his widow succeeded him, keep-ing the house for ten years. It is supposed to have been JTTLIEN^S restoratok. (Formerly stood at the corner of Milk and Congress Streets, on the site of the new Post Office.) A peculiar fact in connection with this site is that the buildingsthat have stood upon it have horn a charmed existence in the midstof two of the greatesl fires Boston has ever experienced. In 7<» ANTIQUE VIEWS OF ItOSTON. March, 1760, afire broke out on Cornhill and burned nearly everybuilding, south of that locality to Long Wharf and Fort hie hundred and seventy-four buildings being destroyed. JuliensBestorator was then occupied hy a Mr. Calfc as a dwelling, and allthe houses from the one next to it to the foot of Milk street wereconsumed. In the great fire of November, 1872, the New Post( Mlice .stood like a bulwark between the devouring element and thebuildings back of it, until the Haines had spent their force. The remains of ihis noted restaurateur of the town—MonsieurJulien—lie in the Central Burying Ground. The inscription onthe -tone that mark
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