History

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Around 1853, former Virginia slave Anthony Burns worked for "Coffin Pitts, clothing dealer, no.36 Brattle Street." Nearby, abolitionist John P. Coburn managed a clothing store at 20 Brattle Street. In 1850, Joshua Bowen Smith, a black abolitionist and member of Boston's Vigilance Committee, operated a catering business at 16 Brattle Street."

In 1921, the first Radio Shack store opened at 46 Brattle Street. John Adams' Boston house and his law practice was on this street. During the bull dozing of Scolley Square, his house was not saved.

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