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Brattle Street (Boston)


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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overview of Brattle St., ca.1920

Brattle Street, Boston, 1962

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

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


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