Fenway 1838

Before the Fens: marsh, tidewater, mill infrastructure, early roads, and the undeveloped landscape that would become Fenway and Longwood.

CollectionNeighborhoods

Edition / era1838

Print format36 × 24 in

OrientationLandscape

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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.

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The story on the map

A closer look at Fenway in 1838.

The 1838 Fenway plate captures a watery edge of Boston before the district was filled and intensively developed. It explains tide-powered mill uses, the reasons the area was altered, and the origins of the park landscape. A future Fenway Park is marked as a visual reference point.

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Fenway 2012

The companion to Fenway 1838, showing the fully developed district, major institutions, parkland, and the landscape changes that created the modern Fens.

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