The Old Corner Bookstore
Posted by: Shorelander
N 42° 21.468 W 071° 03.504
19T E 330483 N 4691555
Built in 1711, this building housed the publishers of many famous 19th-century authors.
Waymark Code: WMAT6
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2006
Views: 34
This structure, now at School and Washington, now houses the Globe Corner Bookstore. The marker reads:
"Thomas Crease built this structure as his apothecary and residence shortly after the great fier of 1711 destroyed Anne Hutchinson's house on this site. Timothy Carter opened the Old Corner Bookstore here in 1829. Between 1845 and 1865, the booksellers Ticknor and Fields established the building's lasting literary significance as the publishers of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Stowe, Emerson, Thoreau and other prominent American and British authors, who often gathered here.
"In 1960, civic leaders raised money and established Historic Boston Incorporated to acquire and preserve the site."
Agency Responsible for Placement: The Bostonian Society
County: Suffolk
City/Town Name: Boston
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
Year Placed: Not listed
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