Lower Southside

Here are narrow, twisting lanes and crowded tenements. Some Irish and Poles live here as well as New Jerusalem's small Asian community, but from High Street south the area is mostly Italian.
The Southside is located on low marshy ground in a pocket between French Hill and South Hill. The air is muggy in the summer, cold and damp in the winter. Most of the wood buildings show signs of decay. A few single homes still exist. On Powder Mill Street south of Saltonstall stand several good examples of late eighteenth century wooden row houses.
Badly lit, always the subject of calls for reform but never changing, the neighborhood is overcrowded, noisy, and inhabited by some of New Jerusalem’s poorest citizens. Several prostitutes also work these streets most nights. Tiny shops, markets, and restaurants can be found here, often unmarked and known only to neighbors, pressed in between tenements and apartments.

Notable Locations

• Eleazar's Funeral Home - 549 S French Hill St
• Eye of Amara Society - 136 E Saltonstall St
• Halsey Public School - 391 E Missituk Ave
• Lindo Tenement - 615 S French Hill St
• Miller’s Grill - 715 E High St
• Miss Andrew's Social Parlour - 712 E High St
• New Jerusalem Historical Society - 537 S Garrison St
• Petrucci's Barbershop - 708 French Hill St
• Dr. Pinter, Veterinarian - 184 E Saltonstall St
• Sacred Heart Church - 554 S French Hill Street
• Saladino's Restaurant - 689 S Powder Mill St
• Simpson Apartments - 648 Walnut St
• Sin Fan Laundry - 620 S French Hill St
• Southside Park
• St. Stanislaus Church - 522 Walnut St
• Szymanski's Boarding House - 574 Walnut St
• Taran Hall - 552 S Powder Mill St
• Unione Italiano - 622 S French Hill St

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  Lower Southside Color

Type

Neighbourhood

Included Locations

• Dr. Pinter, Veterinarian - 184 E Saltonstall St
• Eleazar's Funeral Home - 549 S French Hill St
• Eye of Amara Society - 136 E Saltonstall St
• Halsey Public School - 391 E Missituk Ave
• Lindo Tenement - 615 S French Hill St
• Miller’s Grill - 715 E High St
• Miss Andrew's Social Parlour - 712 E High St
• New Jerusalem Historical Society - 537 S Garrison St
• Petrucci's Barbershop - 708 French Hill St
• Sacred Heart Church - 554 S French Hill Street
• Saladino's Restaurant - 689 S Powder Mill St
• Simpson Apartments - 648 Walnut St
• Sin Fan Laundry - 620 S French Hill St
• Southside Park
• St. Stanislaus Church - 522 Walnut St
• Szymanski's Boarding House - 574 Walnut St
• Taran Hall - 552 S Powder Mill St
• Unione Italiano - 622 S French Hill St