Harris St.
MACRIS NWB.Q · area form
Harris Street runs from State Street to Green Street and takes its name from Benjamin Harris, whose land it crossed. The survey says it was accepted on 17 March 1796. Its houses stand close to the street and to each other, and include Federal and Greek Revival homes and one Victorian building.
The Harris mansion at the State Street corner was moved to Marlborough Street, and General John Peabody built a three-story brick house on the site in 1807 that became the second Wolfe Tavern in 1813. It was demolished in 1953. The Second Presbyterian Meeting House, begun in 1796 and turned to face Harris Street in 1856, is now the Greek Orthodox church. The Richardsonian YMCA on the State Street corner dates from 1890; the house it replaced, once the home of Nicolas Pike, was moved to 1-3 Garden Street.
Summarized from the Massachusetts Historical Commission's area form. See the MACRIS record ↗
