Line(s) Tremont Street Subway Opened 3 September 1898 | Closed October 28, 1963 | |
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Similar Tremont Street Subway, Government Center, Haymarket, Boylston, State | ||
Adams Square was an underground streetcar station located at Adams Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1898 and was used until 1963.
History
An unusual northbound-only station with a unique layout, Adams Square station was opened with the rest of the northern section of the Tremont Street Subway on September 3, 1898. Initially designed for streetcars only, the station was retrofitted in 1901 to also handle Main Line Elevated trains, which ran through the subway until the completion of the Washington Street Tunnel in 1908. Thereafter the station reverted to exclusive streetcar use.
The station was originally built with a large granite head house by Charles Brigham, which was similar in appearance to the station entrance at Scollay Square. In 1931 this entranceway was removed to improve visibility for automobile drivers and was replaced by a significantly smaller structure of modern design. (Large headhouses at Scollay Square and Harvard were also torn down for similar reasons in that era.)
Adams Square was closed on October 28, 1963 as part of the Government Center renewal project, and was subsequently largely demolished and covered during the construction of Boston City Hall.