[p.48]    On the corner of Beacon and Tremont Streets stands the Tremont House, a hotel that has for a long time enjoyed a deserved reputation for the excellence of its [p.49] accommodations and its cuisine. This house received President Johnson as a guest when he visited Boston on the occasion of the dedication of the Masonic Temple in June, 1867. Its front is imposing, though plain and devoid of ornamentation. Most of the leading hotels of Boston are in close proximity to the centre of business, and this is especially true of the Tremont. Like them, it has lately been undergoing extensive improvements, of which the most notable is the reconstruction of a part of the basement into a beautiful and finely furnished café. The Tremont House was originally built by a company of gentlemen, but it was, in 1859, purchased for the Sears estate, of which it now forms a part. The Tremont and Revere Houses are both under the same efficient management.

From: Boston Illustrated, by Edward Stanwood, publ. J. R. Osgood & Co (1872), pages 48-49.
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