North Square (Boston, Massachusetts)

The North Square (formerly Clark's Square) is a square in Boston's North End in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Moon, Prince, North, Garden Court, and Sun Court right on the square stands the house where Paul Revere lived and that is part of the Freedom Trail in the 1950s. At the North Square lived beyond even other personalities of the 17th and 18th centuries. By 4 July 1788 Place was called Clark's Square.

History

In the 17th century, the Second Church, the center of the district. The local Pastor Increase Mather lived at the North Square " until the great fire in 1677, in which his house was destroyed. "

" In the 18th century were the two largest houses in the city on the North Square. [ ... ] The merchant William Clark owned a three -story brick building with 26 spacious rooms. In the immediate vicinity there was the home of John Foster, later the Governor Thomas Hutchinson lived in the. ' John Pitcairn and John Downes also lived at the North Square.

What principle was typical of the entire North End for it, lived in the 20th century, mainly Italian immigrants at North Square.