Cornhill, Boston, 1829; from Washington Street to Court Street; laid out from Tremont Street at Scollay's Building across Court Street to Cornhill (now Washington Street) , near Brattle Alley including Belknap's Yard and named Cheapside, March 5, 1816; named Market Street, June 11, 1817; part between arch leading to Brattle Street and Dock Square named Market Row, October 1, 1817; from Court Street to Washington Street named Cornhill, May 6, 1829; sometimes called New Cornhill; part between Tremont Street and Court Street named Pemberton Square, February 19, 1838, and Scollay Square, June 25, 1838.
From the Annual Report of the Street Laying Out Department for the Year 1894 (Boston, 1895).
Samuel Drake, in Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston, mentions that the Market Street noted in the description above became the second street to bear the name Cornhill. Laid out by Uriah Cotting (also responsible for the Mill Dam that separated the Back Bay from the Charles River), the stores along Cornhill were of note for being the first in Boston built on granite pillars.
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