Rush and Sherkanowski operated the Monument Square House, a well-known boarding house at 22 Monument Square. Their book, Rooms To Let, captures their journey of transforming a filthy, abandoned house of shady reputation into a clean, shining home for wartime strays. The book, filled with spontaneous and heartwarming stories, recounts experiences like discovering a diamond smuggling ring and learning to identify their roomers by their footsteps. Despite challenges, including theft by a seemingly harmless tenant, they persevered, eventually earning enough to buy their own house in Charlestown’s Monument Square.
