Old Corner Bookstore
The Old Corner Bookstore is a historic commercial building located at 283 Washington Street at the corner of School Street in the historic core of Boston, Massachusetts.Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building
- Also known as: “Globe Corner Bookstore”, “Old Corner”, “Old Corner Bookstore Building”, “Old Corner Bookstore, Inc.”, “Parnassus Corner”, and “The Old Corner Book Store”
- Roof shape: gambrel
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old State House and Kings Chapel.
Old State House
Museum
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Old State House is a historic building at 206 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Completed in 1713, it is the city's oldest extant public building, hosting the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of the Massachusetts provincial and state governments during the 18th century. Old State House is situated 500 feet northeast of Old Corner Bookstore.
Kings Chapel
Church
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
King's Chapel is an independent Unitarian congregation in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association and describes itself as "Unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational… Kings Chapel is situated 470 feet west of Old Corner Bookstore.
John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse
Historic building
The John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, formerly the United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building, is a historic building at 5 Post Office Square in Boston, Massachusetts. John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse is situated 440 feet east of Old Corner Bookstore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boston and Downtown Boston.
Boston
Downtown Boston
Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.
Adams Square
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Adams Square was a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Now demolished, it was formerly located on the site of the current Boston City Hall in Government Center.
Old Corner Bookstore
- Categories: commercial building, organization, and historic site
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35755° or 42° 21′ 27″ northLongitude
-71.05842° or 71° 3′ 30″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Levels
2Open location code
87JC9W5R+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 240319309OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gambrelGeoNames ID
4946214Wikidata ID
Q387456
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Old Corner Bookstore” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Old Corner Bookstore”
- Dutch: “The Old Corner Book Store”
- French: “Old Corner Bookstore”
- German: “Old Corner Bookstore”
- Japanese: “オールド・コーナー書店”
- Korean: “올드 코너 서점”
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