Custom Home Builders & Remodeling Allston MA

Boston City Hall
1 City Hall Square, Suite 500
Boston , MA 02201-2013
Mayor’s Office Phone: (617) 635-4500

• Building Permits
• Assessing Office
• Public Works

Allston MA ZIP Code: 02134

• Lulus – 421 Cambridge Street, Allston, MA 02134 617-787-1117
• Coreanos – 172 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA 02134 – 617-208-8822
• The Glenville Stops – 87 Glenville Avenue, Boston, MA 02134 – 617-903-3638

History

Allston is a neighborhood in Suffolk county; it was an eastern section of Brighton. It is located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Allston was named after Washington Allston, an American painter, and poet nicknamed “The Father of American Romanticism,” he painted the landscape of the area and called it “Fields West of Boston.”

Washington Allston lived and worked across the Charles River. Allston is adjacent to the neighborhood of Brighton. The two are often joined together as Allston-Brighton. The community has never been a separate town to date but in 1847, the town of Brighton was appropriated by the city of Boston.

Allston formed part of Cambridge; it was known as Little Cambridge in the 1800s. Little Cambridge was a buoyant farming community with a cattle industry and home to wealthy merchants such as Nathaniel Cunningham and Benjamin Faneuil. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a renowned poet and professor with several assets and properties in Allston.

In 1888, Boston’s first trolley routes started in Allston, and through the expansion of railroad and livestock operations, the neighborhood developed rapidly up until the 20th Century when livestock operations ended. The neighborhood of Allston borders Brighton, Brookline, and Fenway. The Charles River also borders Allston, and it is accessible through several bridges.

What to do or See in Allston MA

The Anderson Memorial Bridge connects the neighborhood of Alston to Cambridge. The bridge shares the same location with the Great bridge constructed in 1662. The neighborhood is also home to many green parks such as the Ringer park and the Christian Herter Park.
A few spots to hang out are the Model café, which is a popular dive bar and silhouette lounge, to mention a few. The Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site is another historic site to visit. It was the home of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for almost 50 years, and it previously served as the headquarters of General George Washington.

Notable People

• Amy Meredith Poehler; is an award-winning actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She attended Boston College.
• William Henry Jackson (1848-1910); he was a civil engineer. In 1885, he was appointed Civil Engineer of Boston, and he supervised the construction of the Longfellow, Harvard, and Charleston bridges across the Charles River.
• Adolph Berle (1895- 1971); he was the son of the Minister of the Faneuil Congregational church and the youngest to graduate from Harvard Law school.
• Steve Leonard DeOssie; he is a former American footballer who played for the New York Giants, New York Jets, New England Patriots in the National football league. He also played college football as a student at Boston College.