ca. 1830
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Congress St.
GUSN-198325
This engraving depicts the Exchange Coffee House with the street and a coach in front. The Exchange was designed by architect Asher Benjamin. It was a hotel and coffee house at the turn of the 19th century and was the largest building in Boston at the time.
hotels (public accommodations)
coffeehouses
exterior views
coaches (railroad cars)
carriages (vehicles)
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR44
1 engraving
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.01.MA.1650.001
10 x 8 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850 (Engraver)
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)
Good
Item
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Congress St.
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