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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. The street ran the short distance from Scollay Square to Faneuil Hall.

History
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==
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==
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