BOSTON – In the midst of a multi-million dollar station renovation, MBTA workers have discovered a historic subway sign beneath the streets of Boston, WCVB-TV reports. MBTA is rebuilding the Government Center stop, the interchange between the Blue and Green lines, and last week during the initial teardown workers discovered mosaic sign announcing the station’s original name, “Scollay Under.”
The maroon and white sign was discovered along the Blue Line platform and the transit agency plans to keep the relic in place and build around it. Another is already displayed near the Green Line platform.
The renovations to the station will include raising the platforms, adding elevators to make the station wheelchair accessible and the construction of a four-story glass headhouse that will welcome passengers when it reopens in the spring of 2016.
The project is expected to cost $82 million.
