List of addresses in Beacon Hill, Boston


The List of notable addresses in Beacon Hill, Boston contains information, by street, of significant buildings and the people who lived in the community. Many of the street names have changed. For instance, Phillips street was once called Southack Street.

Current and former street names



Notable addresses in Beacon Hill

Beacon Street

Beacon Street is a main thoroughfare from the Tremont Street and School Street intersection to Charles Street. Hancock Manor was located at 30 Beacon Street; Its land is now part of the grounds of the Massachusetts State House.

Bowdoin Street

Located near the West End, Bowdoin Street extends from the top of Beacon Street, down Beacon Hill to Cambridge Street

Brimmer Street

Cambridge Street

Charles Street

Running north to south, Charles Street runs through the middle of Boston.

Chestnut Street

Grove Street

  • 28 Grove Street – resident Rev. Leonard A. Grimes, prominent black clergyman associated with the Underground Railroad and abolitionist movement. Noted for being one of the men who bought the freedom of Anthony Burns after his arrest.

Irving Street

Joy Street

Louisburg Square

Named for the Siege of Louisbourg, the square is a private park and the name of the area around it.

Mount Vernon Street

Myrtle Street

Park Street

Park Street is a small but notable road.

Phillips Street

Formerly known as Southack Court, after the owner Cyprian Southack

Pinckney Street

Smith Court

Tremont Street

Tremont Street is a main thoroughfare; Its name evolved from trimount including Beacon Hill, Mount Vernon and Pemberton Hill. Beacon Theatre was once located at 47–53 Tremont Street.

Other residents

  • Writers Brad Meltzer and Judd Winick lived in a tiny apartment in Beacon Hill in 1993 before they achieved success. While living there, Winick developed his first successful comic strip and Meltzer worked at Games Magazine by day while working on his first novel at night.