Old houses corner Harvard and Main Streets

Title:: Old houses corner Harvard and Main Streets
Description:: Old houses corner Harvard and Main Streets. Many of the unoccupied Charlestown buildings upon which Bunker Hill Monument looks down date back to the end of the 18th century, and were for many years the homes of leading families in the history of Massachusetts. The stone house at left of this picture, for instance, contained a printing office in the upper rooms, where in 1827 the first successful Charlestown newspaper was issued under the heading "The Bunker Hill Aurora and Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal. The paper was circulated throughout Middlesex County, and a few years later was published simultaneously in Charlestown and in . . . [description ends].
Photographer:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:: photo by Wolcott Cutler
Date:: [ca. 1925–1959]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Houses
Abandoned buildings
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Main Street District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Wooden house in center was among first to be rebuilt after Battle of Bunker Hill. Place on right was residence of Dr. William J. Walker and was used as a medical school.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Reverend Wolcott Cutler
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials: Since 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-295-B1