Brattle Street (Boston)

18th and 19th centuries John Adams and his family lived on this street for a year in 1768, and in another house in 1770, before moving to Braintree; he may have had a law practice in his house. 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." 20th century In 1921, the first Radio Shack store opened at 46 Brattle Street. The antiquarians Brattle Books was originally located on Brattle Street. ==Gallery==

Image:DockSquare 1775 Boston map.png|Detail of 1775 map of Boston, showing Brattle St. and vicinity Image:Shelton BrattleSt BostonDirectory 1852.png|Shelton & Cheever, importers and manufacturers of "engine hose, fire buckets ... harnesses, collars, whips, carpet bags," 1852 Image:1855 BrattleSt AbbottLawrenceFuneral Boston Southworth Hawes MFABoston.png|Funeral of Abbott Lawrence, photo by Southworth & Hawes, 1855 Image:1857 EveningScene BrattleSt Boston byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg|Corner of Brattle and Court St., engraving by Winslow Homer, 1857 Image:Marston BrattleSt KingsBoston1881.png|R. Marston & Co. Dining Rooms, ca.1881 Image:BrattleSt ca1920 Boston BPL 08 02 001024.jpg|Overview of Brattle St., ca.1920 Image:1962 BrattleSt Boston byCRobinson HABS MA790.jpg|Brattle Street, Boston, 1962 Image:1962 BrattleSt Boston byCRobinson HABS MA1138.jpg|Brattle St., with steps to Cornhill, Boston, 1962 ==See also==