Scollay Square

Burlesque Queens! Vaudeville Comics! Hot Dogs, Tassels - even George Washington - they're all here on the Scollay Square web site. Created by the author of the only two books ever written exclusively about Scollay Square, this website is packed with pictures and stories of the people and the places that drew millions here during its 120-year reign as Boston's entertainment district. There are also pages filled with cartoons, postcards, movie clips, even some rare recordings of Sally Keith singing. So take a look around and, please, feel free to email any questions or with your own memories of Scollay Square.

Always Something Doing: A History of Scollay
Square from NEU Press

And, thanks to the generosity of the people who lived, worked, and played in Scollay Square (as well as some lucky bidding on eBay) there's even more to share with you, including pages on...

Comedian Fred Allen and the Old Howard (from his autobiography)
Francis W. Hatch's Yankee Magazine article on the Old Howard
Adams Square
Hotel Manger/Madison
Scollay Square returns - for a day, thanks to this Art/architecture project
Building Boston's subway Three 1898 magazine articles
Excerpts from the books as well as some errata
Scollay Square in books (from Sylvia Plath to Robert Parker, you'll be amazed who's written of the Square)
Scollay Square in the movies (Lights! Camera! Dr. House?!)
The Scollay Family A page devoted to the family that gave the Square its name
Cavalier Magazine was an erstwhile "girlie" magazine which, in 1962, featured this article on the Old Howard
Site Map

Learn about David's novel here

Welcome to Scollay Square