Federal Street (Boston)

Federal Street
Federal Street, Boston, 2008
South endHigh Street
Major
junctions		Franklin Street
North endMilk Street

Federal Street is a street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to 1788, it was known as Long Lane.[1] The street was renamed after state leaders met there in 1788 to determine Massachusetts' ratification of the United States Constitution.[2]

  1. ^ Boston (Mass.). Street laying-out Dept. (1910), A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston (2 ed.), Boston: City of Boston Printing Dept., OL 16574538M
  2. ^ Nathaniel Dearborn (1848), Boston notions, Boston: Printed by N. Dearborn, sold by W. D. Ticknor & Co., OL 13440177M