Old Corner Bookstore

Originally an apothecary shop, the Old Corner Bookstore was the nation's leading publisher between 1833 and 1864. The published the works of some very famous authors......

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• John Greenleaf Whittier
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 
• Charles Dickens
• Louisa May Alcott

......to name a few! During its prime, it became known as the Parnassus Corner in reference to the mountain home of the Twelve Muses of Greek mythology.