Downtown Crossing in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore
A Designated Boston Landmark
Photographed by Marc Posner, August 10, 2025
1. Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore Marker
Elizabeth Peabody, the first female publisher in Boston, maintained a home and business here in the 1840s. Her bookshop was the first in the city to offer works by foreign authors, and she published the periodical The Dial with Ralph Waldo Emerson. The shop was a meeting place for transcendentalists and intellectuals, including Bronson Alcott, William Ellery Channing, and Theodore Parker. Journalist Margaret Fuller gave lectures here called "Conversations, which were an important part of the early American feminist movement.
Erected by The Boston Landmarks Commission, City of Boston and The Bostonian Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Education • Women.
Location. 42° 21.278′ N, 71° 3.728′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Downtown Crossing. It is on West Street west of Washington Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02111, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Thomas Handasyd Perkins House, 1833-1854 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hull Mint (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Cathedral of St. Paul
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Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 16, 2021
2. Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore Marker
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 16, 2021
3. Elizabeth Peabody Bookstore and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 2,276 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 30, 2025, by Marc Posner of Somerville, Massachusetts. 2, 3. submitted on July 1, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
