apothecary and residence shortly after

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 established the building's lasting literary

significance 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 Incorporated to

acquire and preserve this site.