This spring's series of Brookline history walking tours kicks off this Sunday at 9 am with 165 Years of Shopping in Coolidge Corner.
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| Coolidge & Brother Store, 1887 |
Coolidge Corner was home to just one store—Coolidge & Brother—from the 1850s to the 1890s. Following the widening of Beacon Street in 1887-88 and the arrival of the S.S. Pierce store a few years later, a major new shopping district took root. Almost all of the existing buildings in this still thriving commercial area were built between 1890 and 1930.
Join me for a journey back to the initial development of the Coolidge Corner business district and get a glimpse of local shopping in the early decades of the 20th Century. The tour is free, but registration is required. Register at https://bit.ly/coolidgecorner04132025 .
The tour will begin at the Coolidge Corner inbound T-stop on Beacon Street. For a full list of spring tours, see the Brookline Historical Society website at https://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/
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