Brattle Street (Boston)

Brattle Street in Boston (1855)

Brattle Street, which existed from 1694 to 1962, was a street in Boston, Massachusetts located on the current site of City Hall Plaza, at Government Center.^[1][2][3]

History

Around 1853 former Virginia slave Anthony Burns worked for "Coffin Pitts, clothing dealer, no.36 Brattle Street."^[4]

Gallery

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  Detail of 1775 map of Boston, showing Brattle St. and vicinity

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  Shelton & Cheever, importers and manufacturers of "engine hose, fire buckets ... harnesses, collars, whips, carpet bags," 1852

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  Funeral of Abbott Lawrence, photo by Southworth & Hawes, 1855

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  Corner of Brattle and Court St., engraving by Winslow Homer, 1857

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  R. Marston & Co. Dining Rooms, ca.1881

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  Overview of Brattle St., ca.1920

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  Brattle Street, Boston, 1962

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  Brattle St., with steps to Cornhill, Boston, 1962

See also

• Brattle Street Church
• John Smibert

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brattle Street (Boston, Massachusetts).

• Bostonian Society has materials related to Brattle Street.

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Coordinates: 42°21′37.08″N 71°3′28.44″W / 42.3603000°N 71.0579000°W / 42.3603000; -71.0579000