It appears from ancestry plus in 1890 that there was a boarding house at the corner of 370 Hanover St and 3 North Square called Bay State House MaryJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "ken milano" <kmilano@voicenet.com> To: <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: [BOSTON] What was located at "3 North Square" in Boston's North End? > In researching my family history, I have found that a number of my Sicilian > ancestors, as well as many others not related to me, used the address of "3 > North Square" in Boston's North End, as their address of final destination > (Ellis Island Database). I found scant information on internet about this > address. There was a bank located there for a couple of years, then a > funeral parlor, and today it is a famous Italian restaurant (Mama Mia's I > believe). My ancestors came over between 1910 and 1920. Would any one know > what was located there? A tenement house? An immigration station? An > employment office? What? > > Ken Milano > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Port of Boston History: > http://www.massport.com/ports/about_histo.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Could someone tell me if 149 Richmond is the same today as is was in 1917? I found an ancestor [Filippo & Michele Milano] who lived at 149 Richmond in Boston. I assume it was in the North End section. When I looked at the part of the city directory for street index, I found the Richmond Street, but with brackets and the word "Hanover" following it. Does that mean that is use to be called Hanover and changed to Richmond? Any help would be appreciated.