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Brattle Street, which existed from 1694 to 1962, was a street in Boston, Massachusetts, located on the current site of City Hall Plaza, at Government Center. [1] [2] [3]
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John Adams and his family lived on this street for a year in 1768, and in another house in 1770, before moving to Braintree; he may have had a law practice in his house. [4] [5]
Around 1853, former Virginia slave Anthony Burns worked for "Coffin Pitts, clothing dealer, no.36 Brattle Street." [6] Nearby, abolitionist John P. Coburn managed a clothing store at 20 Brattle Street. [7] In 1850, Joshua Bowen Smith, a black abolitionist and member of Boston's Vigilance Committee, operated a catering business at 16 Brattle Street." [8]
In 1921, the first Radio Shack store opened at 46 Brattle Street. [9] [10] The antiquarians Brattle Books was originally located on Brattle Street.