Maverick Square

Maverick Square is a section of the neighborhood of East Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is East Boston's oldest commercial center.^[1] At the heart of the square is Maverick Station, which is part of the Blue Line of the MBTA. The square is named after Samuel Maverick, one of the earliest colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2]

Maverick Square occupies land that was originally part of Noddle's Island. In 1833, General William H. Sumner and other investors formed the East Boston Company to develop the island for residential and industrial use; steam ferry service began from Maverick Square to Rowe's Wharf on the mainland of Boston.^[3] To encourage tourism, the Company built a wharf and the Maverick House, an 80-room luxury hotel (1835). In 1840, the Cunard transatlantic mail service established its terminus at the East Boston wharf. The waterfront became a hub of shipbuilding in the 1850's, with various industries and warehouses along the water's edge, while Maverick Square became the commercial and banking center.^[4] Historic buildings around Maverick Square include the 1835-1837 Fettyplace-Thorndike House (47 Maverick Square), the 1835 Joshua Pollard House (33 Maverick Square), and the 1841 Woodbury Building (191-201 Sumner Street).^[5]

In 2010, a revitalization of Maverick Square began.

The nearby Maverick public housing project – once a source of urban blight that gave the area the reputation as the most crime-ridden in the neighborhood – has been redeveloped by Trinity Financial and the East Boston Community Development Corporation. The razing of crime-ridden high-rises, reintroduction of the urban street grid removed in the 1940s, and construction of individual homes with privates access, combined with mixed-income home ownership, contribute to the area's revitalization.

References

^ "East Boston: Maverick Square and Beyond". Boston by Foot. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
^ "Name That Square". The Boston Globe. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
^ Boston Landmarks Commission (1994). "East Boston: Exploring Boston's Neighborhoods (brochure)" (PDF). Exploring Boston's Neighborhoods. Environment Department, City of Boston.
^ Historic Boston Incorporated (2015). "Maverick and Central Squares, East Boston". Commercial Casebook: East Boston (PDF). Historic Boston Inc.
^ "East Boston's Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them | Boston Preservation Alliance". 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

v t e Streets and squares in Boston
East–west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North–south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square North Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
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Maverick Square

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