Old Corner Bookstore

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former bookstore historic building landmark

The Old Corner Bookstore is a historic 18th-century brick building in downtown Boston that became a famed 19th-century publishing hub and now serves as a landmark along the Freedom Trail.

Aliases (1)

Old Corner Bookstore, Boston ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former bookstore → historic building → landmark →
architecturalStyle	Georgian →
associatedWith	Charles Dickens → Harriet Beecher Stowe → Henry Wadsworth Longfellow → James Russell Lowell → Nathaniel Hawthorne → Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. → Ralph Waldo Emerson →
builtIn	1718 →
city	Boston →
completionDate	1718 →
constructionStart	1712 →
country	United States →
currentUse	retail space →
formerUse	bookstore → publishing house →
hasNumberOfStories	3 →
heritageDesignation	Boston Landmark → National Register of Historic Places listing →
locatedAtIntersection	Washington Street and School Street →
locatedIn	downtown Boston →
locatedOn	Washington Street NERFINISHED →
location	Boston → Massachusetts → United States →
material	brick →
notableFor	19th-century literary publishing →
notableTenant	Fields, Osgood & Co. → Houghton, Mifflin and Company → Ticknor and Fields →
onFreedomTrail	yes →
originalFunction	residence →
originalOwner	Thomas Crease →
partOf	Boston Freedom Trail →
publisherOf	Evangeline → The Scarlet Letter → The Song of Hiawatha → Uncle Tom's Cabin →
savedBy	Historic Boston Incorporated →
state	Massachusetts →
threatenedWithDemolition	1960 →
touristAttraction	yes →
use	commercial building →
usedAsBookstoreFrom	1828 →
usedAsBookstoreTo	1903 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Freedom Trail →	hasSite
Ticknor and Fields ("Old Corner Bookstore, Boston") →	headquarters
Ticknor and Fields →	operatedBookstore