Bowdoin Street

Bowdoin Street
Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing Middlecott St. (later Bowdoin St.)
LocationBoston
South endErie Avenue
North endHillside Road

Bowdoin Street in Boston, Massachusetts, extends from the top of Beacon Street, down Beacon Hill to Cambridge Street, near the West End. It was originally called "Middlecott Street" as early as the 1750s. In 1805 it was renamed after the Governor James Bowdoin.