The Old Corner Bookstore

Shortly after the great fire of 1711 destroyed Anne Hutchinson’s house on this site, Thomas Crease built this structure as his apothecary and residence. 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 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 this site.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States