Old Corner Bookstore

Place: Old Corner Bookstore

Address: 281-3 Washington Street

Neighborhood: Downtown

Another very important landmark that I took pictures of in Downtown on December 12, 2012 was the Old Corner Bookstore. This charming little building is located at the intersection of Washington Street and School Street. I had to wait a while be able to get this shot with nobody in the scene, as there is always a lot of people walking in Downtown!
To visit the Old Corner Bookstore, ride the Orange Line or Blue Line to State Street.

"Thomas Crease built this structure as his apothecary and residence shortly after the great fire of 1711 destroyed Anne Hutchinson's house on this site. Timothy Carter opened the Old Corner Bookstore here in 1829. Between 1845 and 1865, the booksellers Ticknor and Fields inhabited the building as the 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, Inc., to acquire and preserve this site."

To learn more about the Old Corner Bookstore:
https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/freedom-trail/old-corner-book-store.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Corner_Bookstore

Old State House

Place: Old State House

Address: Washington Street at State Street

Neighborhood: Downtown

One of the most important landmarks in Boston... the Old State House!
I have passed by this location numerous times while walking in Downtown. The following pictures were taken on December 12, 2012. A more detailed post about the Old State House may be created in the future.
To visit the Old State House, ride the Orange Line or Blue Line to State Street. A fun fact is that the Old State House includes an entrance to State Street Station and the Orange Line platforms are underneath the historic building.

"The Old State House, Boston's oldest public building, was built in 1713 as the seat of British colonial government. Here the Royal Governor and the Massachusetts Assembly debated the Stamp Acts and the Writ of Assistance. The Declaration of Independence was first read to Bostonians from the east balcony on July 18, 1776. The building served as the State House until 1798, and was also Boston's City Hall from 1830 to 1841."

To learn more about the Old State House:
http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=osh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_State_House_(Boston)

Boston Pilot Site

Place: Boston Pilot Site

Address: 28 State Street

Neighborhood: Downtown

As I ventured around Downtown Boston on December 12, 2012, I found the site of another newspaper printing press along the former "Newspaper Row".
To visit the Boston Pilot Site, ride the Orange Line or Blue Line to State Street.

"This was the original site of the first Catholic newspaper published in the United States, founded here in 1829 as the Catholic Sentinel. In 1835, publisher Patrick Donahoe changed the name to The Boston Pilot. By 1850, it had become the voice of Boston's Irish community, serving both the local and national interests of thousands of immigrants who fled famine in Ireland. The Pilot enjoyed a national circulation under the editorships of famed poet John Boyle O'Reilly and his successor Katherine Conway. In 1908, The Pilot became the official paper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston."

To learn more about the Boston Pilot Site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilot_(newspaper)

Boston Globe Site

Place: Boston Globe Site

Address: 244 Washington Street

Neighborhood: Downtown

As I explored Downtown Boston on December 12, 2012, I came upon the original location of the Boston Globe. This section of Washington Street, "Newspaper Row", was home to many newspaper businesses.
To visit the Boston Globe Site, ride the Orange Line or Blue Line to State Street.

"Established in 1872 by a consortium of Boston businessmen, The Boston Globe occupied this Washington Street location, near other papers who made up the street’s "Newspaper Row." One of Boston’s original thoroughfares, Washington Street (then Cornhill) was the site of tenements as early as the 17th century, and this property passed through the hands of many prominent Bostonians including John Rowe, a merchant, smuggler and revolutionary and investor and philanthropist David Sears. The Globe moved to Dorchester in 1958, and the building was later demolished."

To learn more about the Boston Globe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe

Samuel Adams House Site

Place: Samuel Adams House Site

Address: 24 Winter Street

Neighborhood: Downtown

Walking all over Downtown Boston on December 12, 2012, I took pictures of many important places.
The walk along Winter Street between Tremont Street and Washington Street is one that many Bostonians have traversed through. Located here is the site of the house of Samuel Adams.
To visit the Samuel Adams House Site, ride the Green Line or Red Line to Park Street. Or ride the Orange Line or Red Line to Downtown Crossing. Then walk into Winter Street.

"The patriot and propagandist Samuel Adams (1722-1803) lived in a house on this site from 1784 until his death. A cousin of John Adams, Samuel Adams wrote many of the radical protests against the British rule, advocated separation from England, and masterminded the Boston Tea Party. Adams was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and served as the third governor of Massachusetts from 1794 to 1797. He was born on nearby Purchase Street."

To learn more about the Samuel Adams House Site:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDKZ_Sam_Adams_House_Site_Boston_MA