1826.E2.80.931850: Early development South End–Groesbeckville Historic District

foley s row

like of city s other neighborhoods grew during period, new housing of south end took form of attached rowhouses. unlike other neighborhoods, construction of houses largely paid intended live in them, instead of developers building large groups of speculative housing. foley s row, timber frame greek revival group @ 159–169 franklin street, developed 1850, rare example of type within district. since residents worked , shopped near houses, neighborhood pedestrian-friendly, narrow streets , small-scale buildings. along bending , non-parallel streets, has led being described having european feel.

this pattern of building, continued neighborhood grew throughout rest of century, resulted in great deal of architectural diversity within individual blocks. example, 1895 house @ 135 clinton street brick stone trim, while next door 137, built quarter-century earlier, five-bay brick italianate rowhouse arched windows, decorative cornice , metal sills, , nearby older frame rowhouses bracketed cornices next contemporary brownstones. despite these differences, many of rowhouses remain alike in overall form.

the immigrant group identified group germans. @ late 1850s there still few, more started coming consequence of failed revolutions of 1848. end of civil war south end had many businesses , organizations catering population, notably 1857 german evangelical protestant church @ alexander , clinton streets, still district landmark. other immigrant groups come south end, germans remained concentrated there century.