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Welcome to the Scollay Square website

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 postcards, movie clips, a page of Francis Dahl cartoons, and even some rare recordings of Sally Keith singing. We are also compelled to offer this page of regrettable errata from both books.

We want to hear YOUR memories...

...and add them to our page of Scollay Square memories from many who worked or played there. If you or a friend or a relative has a story or a photo you would be willing to share, please email David. 

We just HAD to share this new find!

From gamers Jennifer and Amber comes this screenshot from an XBox game called FALLOUT4. It takes place in an alternate post-apocolyptic version of history, one which (according to its Wikipedia page) features 1940s and 1950s aesthetics, resulting in a retro-futuristic universe largely unchanged since the 1950s,


We were tickled to see the designers included the Scollay Square theater, rendered to look a lot like it did in our own, (only slightly less apocalyptic) universe as it was in 1961. This was just before the theater - and the rest of Scollay Square - were razed to make way for Government Center.

Learn more about...

A brief History

A brief History

A brief History

The Old Howard

A brief History

A brief History

Sally Keith

A brief History

Joe and Nemo

Joe and Nemo

The Square today (including the 1987 renaming)

Joe and Nemo

Scollay Square post-war

The Square today (including the 1987 renaming)

The Square today (including the 1987 renaming)

The Square today (including the 1987 renaming)

The Square today (including the 1987 renaming)

The Square today (including the 1987 renaming)

SS in movies, TV, and radio

SS in movies, TV, and radio

SS in movies, TV, and radio

SS in books

SS in movies, TV, and radio

SS in movies, TV, and radio

The Scollay Square Station

SS in movies, TV, and radio

The Scollay Square Station

Adams Square

Frank Hatch / Yankee Magazine

The Scollay Square Station

Hotel Manger/Madison

Frank Hatch / Yankee Magazine

Frank Hatch / Yankee Magazine

Frank Hatch / Yankee Magazine

Frank Hatch / Yankee Magazine

Frank Hatch / Yankee Magazine

The Scollay Family Page

Over the years we have been contacted by descendants of the family who gave the Square its name. Some have also asked for help with genealogical research. Please visit this page and feel free to write if with any questions - or answers - about this family.  

The Scollay family page

Copyright © 2024 David Kruh - All Rights Reserved. 

These are links to some non-literary interests and experiences:

  • Blog
  • Curse is Reversed Musical
  • WB2HTO
  • 1510 WRAN, Dover NJ
  • King Kruh
  • Moosylvania
  • Where Bobby got whacked

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