Prince Street
42°21′56″N 71°03′22″W / 42.365506°N 71.055975°W
| Black Horse Lane (formerly) | |
 Prince Street, near its intersection with La Fayette Avenue, pictured around 1900. Today's number 134 is on the left | |
 Interactive map of Prince Street | |
| Former name | Black Horse Lane |
|---|---|
| Length | 0.32 mi (0.51 km) |
| Location | North End, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Northwest end | Causeway Street and Commercial Street |
| Southeast end | North Square and Garden Court Street |
Prince Street is a street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It runs for around 0.32 miles (0.51 km), from Causeway Street and Commercial Street in the northwest to North Square at Garden Court Street in the southeast. It is one-way, southbound, except for the block between Hanover Street and Garden Court Street, which is northbound.
History
[edit]Prince Street was originally known as Black Horse Lane.[1][2] Causeway Street, meanwhile, was formerly Endicott Street.[2] In Boston: A Guide Book with Illustrations and Maps (1903), Edward Monroe Bacon wrote that Prince Street "preserves more of the old-time aspect than other streets of the quarter."[3]
A hospital once occupied a three-story building at the corner of La Fayette Avenue in the 19th century. It later became a bakery. The building has since been replaced.[4]
The Boston Draft Riot of July 14, 1863, began on Prince Street.[5][6]
In the 20th century, the street became notable as the headquarters of the Angiulo brothers,[7][8] the leading Italian-American crime group in Boston from the 1960s until the mid-1980s.[9] They were based at 98 Prince Street (known as the Dog House),[10][11] at the corner of Thacher Street in Gaetano Iovanni Square (U.S. Army staff sergeant Iovanni, of 138 Prince Street, was killed in action during World War II).[12][13] The building had a real-estate agency as a front.[14] Giovanni and Cesare Angiulo, the brothers' parents, lived across the street at number 95.[15] In January 1981, FBI agents placed bugs in Angiulo headquarters for over three months and listened to their discussions about murder.[16]
Notable addresses
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- North End Historical Museum, 3 Prince Street, operated by the North End Historical Society; opened July 2026[17]
- Thoreau House (1727), 57 Prince Street (now demolished)[1][18]
- 92 Prince Street, where, in 1912, Prince Macaroni Company (later Prince Pasta) first had a store. It was established by Gaetano LaMarca, Giuseppe Seminara and Michele Cantella[19]
- Major Pitcairn House, 130 Prince Street (demolished)[20]
- William Gray House (1770), Prince Street and La Fayette Avenue,[21] served as a British hospital during the Revolutionary War (demolished)
DeFilippo Playground and RUFF North End Dog Park occupy part of a triangular plot of land between Prince Street and Snow Hill Street.[22]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Thoreau House at 57 Prince Street (formerly Black Horse Lane). Now part of Paul Revere School yard. Built in 1720. Bought from the Orrok family by Henry Thoreau's grandfather when he arrived from Jersey in 1773. In 1800 the Thoreaus moved to Concord where Henry was born". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- 1 2 Boston's Streets, Also Its Avenues, Courts, Places, Etc. 1902. p. 294.
- ↑ Bacon, Edwin Monroe (1903). Boston: A Guide Book : with Illustrations and Maps. Ginn & Company. p. 57.
- ↑ Porter, Edward G. (Edward Griffin) (1887). Rambles in old Boston, New England. Boston College Libraries. Boston, Cupples, Upham and Company.
- ↑ William P Marchione (2008). Boston Miscellany: An Essential History of the Hub. Charleston, SC: History Press. OCLC 244293191.
- ↑ Tager, Jack (2001). Boston Riots: Three Centuries of Social Violence. Boston: Northeastern University Press. pp. 133–139. ISBN 978-1555534615.
- ↑ "98 Prince Street". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Boston mafia leader, 88, to be freed from prison". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ Murphy, Shelley (August 30, 2009). "Mob boss Gennaro 'Jerry' Angiulo dies at 90". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ↑ "U.S. v. Angiulo, 847 F.2d 956 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Carr: Last link to epic Boston mob family gone". Boston Herald. June 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Article clipped from The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. April 10, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ Egger, Bruce E.; Otts, Lee McMillian (December 11, 1998). G Company's War: Two Personal Accounts of the Campaigns in Europe, 1944-1945. University of Alabama Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-8173-0978-7.
- ↑ "Jurors Told That Tapes Hold Key In Boston Racketeering Trial of 5" – The New York Times, February 14, 1986
- ↑ Sweeney, Emily; April 5. "Angiulo brothers, Whitey Bulger's family, other mobsters appear in newly released 1950 census records - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Boston Indictments give glimpse into mob - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ Fonseca, Camilo (July 23, 2026). "The new North End Historical Museum may be a small space, but it aims to tell a big story". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
- ↑ "The Thoreau House, Prince Street". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Prince® - Our Story". www.princepasta.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Major Pitcairn House, Prince Street". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "The William Gray House, Prince Street and Lafayette Avenue". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "OUR PARKS". RUFF North End Dog Group. Retrieved March 22, 2024.