Boston illustrated; . n the city. This is the Old Corner Book Store. It wasbuilt in 1712 by Thomas Crease. It was at first an apothecary store on theground floor kept by the owner, and dwelling above. Several shopkeepers suc-ceeded him in following years. In 1828 Carter and Hendee occupied it for abookstore, and to that use it has since been devoted. In 1832 Allen & Ticknor,the lineal ancestors of the present firm of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., took thestand and this house held it under the successive managements of William D. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 83 Ticknor, Ticknor, Reed, &occupied by Cup-pies,
Boston illustrated; . n the city. This is the Old Corner Book Store. It wasbuilt in 1712 by Thomas Crease. It was at first an apothecary store on theground floor kept by the owner, and dwelling above. Several shopkeepers suc-ceeded him in following years. In 1828 Carter and Hendee occupied it for abookstore, and to that use it has since been devoted. In 1832 Allen & Ticknor,the lineal ancestors of the present firm of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., took thestand and this house held it under the successive managements of William D. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 83 Ticknor, Ticknor, Reed, &occupied by Cup-pies, Upham & Co.,successors iu 1883of A. Williams &Co. The Old Cor-ner Store stands invery nearly its orig-inal form, and isone of the best andmost substantialexamples of a styleof architecture thatlias gone wholly outof vogue. The ParkerHouse, on SchoolStreet, near thecorner of Tremont,was the first hotelestablished in thecity on the European plan. Field, and Ticknor & Fields, until 1865. It is now. The Paipleasure, and is a universal Old Corner Bookstore and has for years been one of the most prominent of the many leadinghotels of late propri-etor of the ParkerHouse, Mr. Harvey1). Parker, began ma small way in an-other building, andgained a reputationfor pioviding theliest that the marketafforded, wliich thepresent Parkers hasnever suffered itselfto lose. The houseis elegant externally,and sumptuotislyfurnished within. Itis patronized veryextensively by per-sons travelling forIts pros-
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