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The Old Corner Bookstore is a historic commercial building located at 283 Washington Street at the corner of School Street in the historic core of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1718 as a residence and apothecary shop, and first became a bookstore in 1828. The building is a designated site on Boston's Freedom Trail, Literary Trail, and Women's Heritage Trail.
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The Old Corner Bookstore is located at 283 Washington Street, the corner of Washington and School streets. GENERAL INFORMATION While the Old Corner Bookstore is a stop on the Freedom Trail ® and an attraction within Boston National Historical Park, it is now a commercial building that is currently leased by Chipotle Mexican Grill.
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Today, the Old Corner Bookstore sits, as its name implies, on the corner of Washington and School Streets, five minutes from Downtown Crossing and perhaps another 10 from the Common. It is a squat building, many windowed, and on its left side hangs a brief green sign. Timothy Crease built this structure as his apothecary and residence shortly.
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Constructed in 1718, the Old Corner Bookstore is downtown Boston's oldest commercial building and was home to the 19 th -century publishing giant Ticknor and Fields, producer of many venerable American titles including Thoreau's Walden, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Longfellow's Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and the Atlantic Monthly including.
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Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) is planning much-needed updates to the Old Corner Bookstore complex to provide elevator access to the upper floors, improve its carbon footprint, and ensure its climate resiliency for decades to come.
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Literary historian Rob Velella recently spoke at the Old South Meetinghouse on the extraordinary history of Ticknor and Fields whose 19th century publishing hegemony made the Old Corner Bookstore one of the most importance places in American literary history. Rob graciously permitted HBI to re-print his remarks.
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Thomas Creese erected the gambrel-roofed building long known as the Old Corner Bookstore for his residence and apothecary shop. Next door on Washington Street, Andrew Cunningham Jr., a glazier, constructed his house and shop in about 1728. Major changes to both buildings occurred in about 1828 when the wooden ell on the rear of the corner house.
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The Old Corner Bookstore is now the "Old Corner Chipotle." Almost daily, tour guides in downtown Boston stand before the Old Corner Bookstore and jokingly proclaim "This is the oldest Chipotle in America!" And while we at HBI love a good joke, the tourism industry is missing some far better stories.
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Constructed in 1718, the Old Corner Bookstore is downtown Boston's oldest commercial building and was home to the 19 th-century publishing giant Ticknor and Fields, producer of many venerable American titles including Thoreau's Walden, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Longfellow's Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and the Atlantic Monthly including Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Old Corner Bookstore is a landmark in Financial District of downtown Boston. Originally built as an apothecary after the devastating Great Fire of 1711, this land originally belonged to Anne Hutchinson, the controversial Puritan excommunicated from the church and banished from Massachusetts for.
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Old Corner Bookstore (U.S. National Park Service) Place Old Corner Bookstore The Old Corner Bookstore remains commercial space today. NPS Photo Quick Facts Location: Corner of School and Washington Street, Boston Significance: Historic residence and commercial space continuously operating since 1718 Designation:
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Old Corner Bookstore + Google Map 3 School Street Boston, MA 02108 United States The first owner of what is now the Old Corner Bookstore was religious dissident Anne Hutchinson, who left her wooden house on the site to found the Rhode Island settlement of Portsmouth.
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Although the Old Corner Bookstore is a site on Boston's Freedom Trail, we know that many people know us only as the Chipotle building and have no knowledge of its origins as a residence and apothecary shop, or its many years as a center for book publishing.
Old Corner Bookstore
The Old Corner Bookstore is a historic commercial building located at 283 Washington Street at the corner of School Street in the historic core of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1718 as a residence and apothecary shop, and first became a bookstore in 1828.
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