Stop 8:
The Old Corner Bookstore
Location:
1 School St.
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Originally built in 1712 as the home of Thomas Crease, this building was the center of literary Boston in the 19th century. Authors such as Longfellow, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Oliver Wendell Holmes gathered here.
The following Freedom Trail highlights are indicated by markers (right) and connected by a red line embedded into the pavement.
Stops:
1. Boston Common 2. "New" State House
3. Park Street Church
4. Granary Burying Ground
5. King's Chapel
6. Site of First Public School
7. Benjamin Franklin Statue
8. Old Corner Book Store
9. Old South Meeting House
10. Old State House
11. Site of Boston Massacre
12. Faneuil Hall
13. Quincy Market
14. Paul Revere House
15. Old North Church
16. Copp's Hill Burying Ground
17. Bunker Hill Monument
18. USS Constitution