Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts, is located in the Financial District and South Boston. It was first named in 1800. It was extended in 1854 (from State Street) as far as Atlantic Avenue, and in 1874 across Fort Point Channel into South Boston. Today's Congress Street consists of several segments of streets, previously named Atkinson's Street, Dalton Street, Gray's Alley, Leverett's Lane, Quaker Lane, and Shrimpton's Lane.^[1][2]

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Congress Street

Congress Street from Dock Square, Boston, 2010
West end	Sudbury Street / Merrimac Street
Major junctions	State Street Milk Street Franklin Street I-93 (Atlantic Ave./Purchase St.) Dorchester Avenue
East end	Northern Avenue

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• Julien's Restorator, corner of Milk Street and Congress St. (demolished 1824)
• Dalton house, corner of Congress St. and Water St., Boston, c. 19th century
• Detail of 1829 map of Boston, showing extent of Congress St.; (Atkinson St. would become part of Congress St. in 1854)
• Issue No.1, The Liberator, 1831; published from Office #11, Merchants Hall, on Water Street at the corner of Congress Street, Boston
• Advertisement for Welch & Griffiths, cast-steel saws, 1852
• Advertisement for William Bond & Son, chronometer and watch makers, 1861
• Congress St. after the fire of 1872
• Congress St. (looking from Milk St.), after the fire, 1872; photo by John P. Soule
• Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing Congress St. and vicinity
• Stock Exchange, Congress St., Boston, 1910s
• Congress Street Bridge (at far right), 2007
• Congress St., Boston, looking towards Merrimac St., 2010