1848 Residents

The 1848 Directory of Citizens does not list house numbers. Residents (and their respective occupations) of Cottage Street and Cottage Court are as follows:

Andros, Richard S. - business in Boston

Estabrooks, Samuel P. - plasterer

Estabrooks, William - mason

Ewer, Nanthaniel S. - carpenter

Hovey, Henry - business in Boston

Putnam, Barnes - cooper (barrel maker)

COTTAGE COURT

Fuller, Mrs., widow of Oliver, private school

Smith, Sidney - mason

BUSINESS LISTINGS

COOPERS, Barney Putnam

According to the Harvard/Radcliffe directory of Cambridge Buildings, the only homes on Cottage Street and Cottage Court as of 1848 are:

8 Cottage Street (built 1843)

12 Cottage Street (built 1846)

14 Cottage Street, 14 1/2 Cottage (built 1846)

24 Cottage Street (built 1838)

N.B. It should be noted that although this directory states that 101 Pearl/3 Cottage and 5-7 Cottage were built in 1849 and 1851 respectively, the Cambridge Historical Commission and National Register of Historic Places date these two dwellings at 1835.

35 Cottage Street (built 1843)

36 Cottage Street (built 1845)

37 Cottage Street (built 1844)

39-41 Cottage Street (built 1846)

40 Cottage Street (built 1839)

44 Cottage Street (built 1839)

48 Cottage Street (built 1839)

50 Cottage Street (built 1846)

2 Cottage Court (built 1843)

5 Cottage Court (built 1844)

6 Cottage Court (built 1841)