. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . this famous man lived manyyears later, undoubtedly, because the widow carried on the busi-ness after his decease, as was advertised in one of the obituarynotices of her husband, and perhaps, because his famous soup isnot yet excluded from sumptuous bills of fare on festive oc-casions. THE LAMB TAVERN. The Adams House on Washington street now stands on the siteof the famous old hostlery the Lamb Tavern—sometimes styledtin White Lamb. The Lamb was an unpretentious buildingof two stories, but of good repute in Old Boston. The sign isnoticed as early as 174b
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . this famous man lived manyyears later, undoubtedly, because the widow carried on the busi-ness after his decease, as was advertised in one of the obituarynotices of her husband, and perhaps, because his famous soup isnot yet excluded from sumptuous bills of fare on festive oc-casions. THE LAMB TAVERN. The Adams House on Washington street now stands on the siteof the famous old hostlery the Lamb Tavern—sometimes styledtin White Lamb. The Lamb was an unpretentious buildingof two stories, but of good repute in Old Boston. The sign isnoticed as early as 174b*. Col. Doty kept at the sign of theLamb in 17(!0 ; Edward Kingman kept it in 1826, after which itwas conducted successively by Laban Adams, for whom the housewas named, father of Oliver Optic (W. T. Adams), and byA. S. Allen. The first stage-coach to Providence, advertisedJuly 20, 1767, by Thomas Sabin, put up at the sign of the Lamb. The White Horse and the Lion Taverns, well known public re-sorts, were near neighbors of the ft ANTIQ UE I IE 11 rS OF B OiSTON. TRIANGULAR WAREHOUSE. This quaint looking structure stood near the town dock, its sitenow being occupied by the building at the head of North MarketStreet, with a uioiety in Merchants Row and Clinton Street andwas opposite the swing bridge. It measured on the side facingthe dock forty-eight feet: on Roebuck passage fifty-one feet, andon the rear fifty-five feet. It was a two story building, with stonefoundaton, and had a good cellar. At each angle and in thecentre there was a tower, each terminating in a pointed roof ofslate, and were capped with a stone ball on iron spires set in lead,except the middle tower, which had a wooden one.
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