Boston's South End

Originally a narrow barren strip of land known as the Neck Bostons South Endgrew from a lonely sentry post and execution grounds to what is today thelargest Vic... » 

Originally a narrow barren strip of land known as the Neck Bostons South Endgrew from a lonely sentry post and execution grounds to what is today thelargest Victorian neighborhood in the United States. With the filling of theSouth Cove in the 1830s the area became one of the greatest plannedresidential districts of its time a heritage preserved in unique architecturalfeatures such as red brick swell bay facades elaborate balusters and fancifulporches. «