Bowdoin Square (established 1788) in Boston, Massachusetts was located in the West End. In the 18th and 19th centuries it featured residential houses, leafy trees, a church, hotel, theatre and other buildings. Among the notables who have lived in the square: physician Thomas Bulfinch; merchant Kirk Boott; and mayor Theodore Lyman. Since the 20th century the area has become a traffic intersection at Cambridge Street, Bowdoin Street, and New Chardon Street. Bowdoin Square is served by the MBTA Blue Line station Bowdoin.