Dudley, Hampden, Dunmore & Magazine Sts., Blue Hill & Mt. Pleasant Ave., Boston, Massachusetts. County/parish: Suffolk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 18, 2016. NRIS 16000454.
17 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Governor Shirley Square Historic District encompasses a cluster of civic, residential, and religious buildings at the junction of Dudley, Hampden, and Dunmore Streets in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Named for colonial governor William Shirley in 1913, the square was developed in the 1870s and 1880s as a major locus of civic development after the city of Roxbury was annexed to Boston in 1868. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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