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.
Abolitionist David Walker owned a clothing shop in Brattle Street in the 1820s. 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.""Universalist General Reform Association," Christian Freeman and Family Advertiser, June 7, 1850, page 2
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
See also Brattle Street Church John Smibert
References
External links
Bostonian Society has materials related to Brattle Street.