The home of Dr. John S. Whiting - Charleston, Boston Mass.
The home of Dr. John S. Whiting. Built originally as a blacksmith shop back of the wooden residence of the blacksmith, Deacon Amos Tufts (prominent in the First Church) about 1800. The widening of Bow Street to... More
The Edes House - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Edes House. First dwelling erected after the destruction of the town in 1775. It was owned by Thomas Edes, the ancestor of Henry H. Edes, who wrote the chapter entitled "Charlestown in the Last Hundred Years" i... More
Indenture of 1818 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Indenture of 1818. Leasing a stall in Market House for three years at fifty-one cents per week for the sale of meats. This Indenture, made the twenty seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousan... More
House of Hon. James Russell, built in 1780 (1790?) - Charleston, Bosto...
House of Hon. James Russell, built in 1780 (1790?) Built as soon as could by after the fire of 1775, the location was unfortunate, directly on the market-place of a growing town, and it got the popular name of ... More
Stone house built by General Nathaniel Austin - Charleston, Boston Mas...
Stone house built by General Nathaniel Austin. Built of stone brought from the outer Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, which he purchased for $400 in 1799. The island is 17 acres in extent, and is said by Edwar... More
Post office in gas company building, 23 Main Street - Charleston, Bost...
Post office in gas company building, 23 Main Street. Fifteen citizens standing in front including Abram E. Cutter. The right-hand window has a placard advertising kid gloves. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Interior of parlor of Hurd Mansion - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Doorways of Savings Bank Building with carriages and citizen - Charles...
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Savings Bank Building - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Savings Bank Building. After the Charlestown Gas Company had removed from the building (erected in 1875). Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Baldwin House, Main Street - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Baldwin House, Main Street. This house originally fronted on Main Street, between School and Salem Streets, having been built by James Harrison on about an acre of land extending back to High Street. In the gar... More
Birthplace of Samuel F. B. Morse. - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Birthplace of Samuel F. B. Morse. Main Street, corner of Hathor Square. His father, Rev. Jedediah Morse, was pastor of the First Parish here from 1789 to 1819, and a leader in the founding of Andover Theologica... More
Savings Bank Building and Masonic Hall - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Savings Bank Building and Masonic Hall. At this time, the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank and the Monument National Bank divided the second floor. On the ground floor were the shops or offices of: B.F. Stac... More
Richard Frothingham house - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Richard Frothingham house, situated at 2 Eden Street, fronting toward Main Street, with three of the family beside the open gate. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Elias Craft's house - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Elias Craft's house. Dr. Craft's house had been the property of Mrs. Mercy Boylston, widow of Thomas Boylston and daughter of John Hay, who had built it on site of his homestead destroyed in 1775. Probably firs... More
Advertising flier of Melvin and Co. - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Advertising flier of Melvin and Co. Selling groceries at 63 Main Street. 14 lbs. of flour cost from 44 to 46 cents, good brown sugar cost 8 3/4 cents, fine white Havana cost 9 1/2 cents. Note at bottom tells of... More
William Hurd Mansion in 1870 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
William Hurd Mansion in 1870. Built by Joseph Hurd, 1785, sixty-six Main Street, corner of Hurd's Lane, on land confiscated by the commonwealth from Thomas Fletcher, a Tory who had fled to the provinces. The ho... More
Stacy's Select Employment Office at 8 Austin Street about 1880
Stacy's Select Employment Office at 8 Austin Street about 1880. Mr. Townsend E. Rowland stands at extreme left. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Undertaker's bill of 1881 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Undertaker's bill of 1881. "Coffin Warehouse" at 21 Soley Street pictured on left and a coffin of the period on right. The bill is itemized to show price for opening grave to be $5.00, carriages to Mt. Auburn C... More
Austin House in 1884 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Austin House of 1884. House of William Austin, Harvard 1798. Unitarian, lawyer, and essayist. state senator, 1821-23. Later lived at S.W. corner of High and Wood Sts. -- Sawyer, pp. 220-22. House bought by Cath... More
Hancock Square, Chas'n in 1898. - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Hancock Square chas'n in 1898. Showing open electric car on Main Street, the beginning of Mill and of Essex Streets, and the DaPrato building when occupied by F. R. Brown Bakery, and by somebody's East India Re... More
Hancock Sq. in 1899 or so - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Main Street - about 1900 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Main Street - about 1900. Showing Samuel F. B. Morse's birthplace and Harvard Church. Spire to left was at that time surmounting the Congregational Church on Green Street. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Advertising flier of McElwain's new shoe store at 188 Main Street
Advertising flier of McElwain's new shoe store at 188 Main Street. Footnote offers a small lot of women's twenty-five cent slippers and some patent leather slippers for fifty cents. Courtesy of Boston Public Library