Adams Square (BERy station)

Adams Square
Adams Square station in 1897
Coordinates	42°21′36.65″N 71°3′25.99″W / 42.3601806°N 71.0572194°W / 42.3601806; -71.0572194Coordinates: 42°21′36.65″N 71°3′25.99″W / 42.3601806°N 71.0572194°W / 42.3601806; -71.0572194
Line(s)	Tremont Street Subway
History
Opened	September 3, 1898
Closed	October 28, 1963
Services
Preceding station   Boston Elevated Railway   Following station Scollay Square One-way operation Tremont Street Subway Haymarket toward North Station Scollay Square One-way operation Main Line Elevated 1901-1908 Haymarket toward Sullivan Square

Adams Square was an underground streetcar station located at Adams Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1898 and was used until 1963.

An unusual northbound-only station with a unique layout, Adams Square station was opened with the rest of the northern section of the Tremont Street Subway on September 3, 1898. Initially designed for streetcars only, the station was retrofitted in 1901 to also handle Main Line Elevated trains, which ran through the subway until the completion of the Washington Street Tunnel in 1908. Thereafter the station reverted to exclusive streetcar use.

The station was originally built with a large granite head house by Charles Brigham, which was similar in appearance to the station entrance at Scollay Square. In 1931 this entranceway was removed to improve visibility for automobile drivers and was replaced by a significantly smaller structure of modern design. (Large headhouses at Scollay Square and Harvard were also torn down for similar reasons in that era.)

Adams Square was closed on October 28, 1963 as part of the Government Center renewal project, and was subsequently largely demolished and covered during the construction of Boston City Hall.