tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post423392936963269907..comments2024-02-26T20:55:49.575-05:00Comments on And This Is Good Old Boston: The Back Bay StablesMark B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-36249155503902349982021-01-05T00:44:17.394-05:002021-01-05T00:44:17.394-05:00My great grandfather and great uncle worked here a...My great grandfather and great uncle worked here as coachmen when it was Kenny and Clark Charlesgate Stables as it was listed on the Boston voter registration record. They also worked at the Boston Cab Co. as coachmen as well. Karen Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209454885132346086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-25374962513661006592014-04-09T13:20:37.874-04:002014-04-09T13:20:37.874-04:00P.S. to my 3/30/14 post. Mark, upon second though...P.S. to my 3/30/14 post. Mark, upon second thought, I am only looking to post the photo not the drawings to my ancestry.com family tree. Will wait for your reply. Thanks! LyndaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-32732317511643547472014-03-30T18:30:19.417-04:002014-03-30T18:30:19.417-04:00Hi Mark. My great-great grandfather worked at the...Hi Mark. My great-great grandfather worked at the Back Bay Stables. Could I post the above photo and drawings to my ancestry.com family tree site for my family to see? I am having difficulty with my recently created Google account so I'll sign this anonymous (AKA Lynda).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-13792433432217851062012-05-23T16:49:56.455-04:002012-05-23T16:49:56.455-04:00My pleasure.My pleasure.Mark B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-80826842569428094742012-05-23T16:49:27.624-04:002012-05-23T16:49:27.624-04:00I found the book at the library - very interesting...I found the book at the library - very interesting indeed.Mark B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-60778819274182565022012-05-23T11:01:14.713-04:002012-05-23T11:01:14.713-04:00Great post, thanks for sharing.
I am often on thi...Great post, thanks for sharing.<br /><br />I am often on this block of Newbury and have sensed predominance of the stable architecture but never really gave it much conscious thought until I was looking through the Boston City Directory from 1909 and 1910, tracking an unrelated topic and in scanning the page for that block noticed a very obvious trend in the occupation listing: all of the men at that entire block were chauffeur, stableman, butler, and so forth. Instantly it all clicked-- and when I googled "Newbury Street Stables" your blog came up. Thanks for doing the hard work for the rest of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-1161237815795761182012-03-24T10:43:38.075-04:002012-03-24T10:43:38.075-04:00Thanks for the comment. I'll look up that book...Thanks for the comment. I'll look up that book.Mark B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-90942871783644093792012-03-24T07:26:29.711-04:002012-03-24T07:26:29.711-04:00Great post! And to this day the 19th century stab...Great post! And to this day the 19th century stable buildings on Newbury St. between Hereford and Mass. Ave. still exist, they've just been converted into upscale commercial space. Also I want to mention a great book about the lives of ordinary people "Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of The New England Home 1760-1860" by Jane C. Nylander (Yale University Press, 1993). She recreates daily life of that era from diary excerpts, newspapers and research into commercial development. The book is chock full of *wonderful* images of early 19th century commercial blocks in Boston, old newspaper ads and historic photos I'e never seen anywhere else from SPNEA and local historical societies. A really really great book, still in print.Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668161467072636784noreply@blogger.com