Old Corner Bookstore (Ticknor and Fields site)

The Old Corner Bookstore building at 283 Washington Street housed the 19th-century publishing firm Ticknor and Fields, which published authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. In the mid-1800s the site served as a commercial and literary hub for Boston's authors and readers. The building is a landmark tied to the city's literary and publishing history.