Downtown in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Old South Meeting House

Museum and Historic Site

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 13, 2021

1. Old South Meeting House Marker

Inscription.

This building was built in 1729 as a Puritan meeting house. Benjamin Franklin was baptized here. Phillis Wheatley, the first African American author, worshipped here.

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, colonists gathered here to challenge British rule. On December 16, 1773 more than 5,000 people met here to protest the tax on tea, and heard Samuel Adams give the signal that started the Boston Tea Party.

In 1876, Bostonians fought to save this building from the wrecking ball in the first successful historic preservation effort in New England.

In the early twentieth century, this building provided a forum for public speakers who were denied a platform elsewhere.

Today, the Old South Meeting House lives on as an active meeting place and museum, providing a unique historic place where people encounter ideas.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is December 16, 1773.

Location. 42° 21.412′ N, 71° 3.501′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on Milk Street east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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within walking distance of this marker. Boston Transcript Building (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Old South Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); Here Stood The Province House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Province House (within shouting distance of this marker); 45 Milk Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Spring Lane (within shouting distance of this marker); Boston Irish Famine Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Old Corner Bookstore (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

Also see . . . Old South Meeting House. (Submitted on June 28, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)

Old South Meeting House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 13, 2021

2. Old South Meeting House and Marker

The marker is to the right of the Old South Meeting House Museum Shop entrance on Milk Street.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 13, 2021

3. Old South Meeting House and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 28, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.