Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have offered hope and refuge to immigrants seeking to begin new lives. This park is a gift to the people of the Commonwealth and the City of Boston from the Armenian-American community of . . . — — Map (db m215588) HM WM
Front of Monument: Born in Boston, 17 January, 1706. Died in Philadelphia, 17 April, 1790. Right Side of Monument: Treaty of Peace and Independence 3 September, 1783 Rear of Monument: Eripuit Colo Tulmen Sceptrumque Tyrannis. Left . . . — — Map (db m18506) HM
Boston Athenaeum has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating
the history of the United . . . — — Map (db m176131) HM
A large cathedral, mother church of other local Swedenborgian Societies, stood on this present site from 1845-1963. The present complex was dedicated as a place of worship in
1966.
The Christianity of this church is guided by . . . — — Map (db m176881) HM
On this spot stood the First House erected for the use of the Boston Public Latin School. This School has been constantly Maintained since it was Established by the following Vote of the town: At a General meeting upon Public Notice it was agreed . . . — — Map (db m18509) HM
At the corner of this site stood the first public school in America. Built in 1635, the school gave the street its name. In 1636, a subscription service was raised for a free schoolmaster. In 1645 the town also stipulated that 'Indians are to be . . . — — Map (db m215148) HM
1600
Native Americans
Native Americans inhabited this area for at least 10,000 years before the arrival of Europeans. Although contact with European explorers and fishermen in the early 1600s resulted in heavy loss of life from European . . . — — Map (db m215646) HM
Born in Windsor England 1595 Member of the Honourable Artillery Company of London 1623 Devoted citizen of Boston from 1635 to death in 1656 Liberal contributor for a town library for the maintenance of a free schoolmaster, for introducing pure . . . — — Map (db m18514) HM
Chester Harding House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating
the history of the . . . — — Map (db m176134) HM
Until a few decades before the American Revolution, Boston was the largest port in the British colonies. It thrived on maritime trade, shipbuilding, and the work of hundreds of craftspeople. While the tombs of the rich merchants and politicians ring . . . — — Map (db m18795) HM
The primary purpose of this building, the property of
the American Congregational Association is to provide
housing for Congregational Societies and other religious
and charitable organizations: it is the fifth home of the
Congregational . . . — — Map (db m176175) HM
On April 28, 1852, in Johnson Hall formerly on this site, the first municipal electric fire alarm system using call boxes with automatic signaling to indicate the location of a fire was placed into service. Invented by William Channing and Moses . . . — — Map (db m76634) HM
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1707, son of Josiah Franklin (1657-1745), tallow chandler, and his second wife, Abiah (Folger) (1667-1752). After his parent’s deaths, Franklin created a modest memorial to them with an inscription . . . — — Map (db m18780) HM
Within this ground are buried John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Robert Treat Paine, signers of the Declaration of Independence; Governors Richard Bellingham, William Dummer, James Bowdoin, Increase Sumner, James Sullivan and Christopher Gore; Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m18711) HM
In early Boston when someone died, their family or friends indicated their burial site with a marker for remembrance. Often the deceased had already ordered their gravestone before their death. Gravestones were carved by masons, stonecutters, . . . — — Map (db m18783) HM
Water, Land & Early Development
1700's
At Boston's founding in 1630 and well into the 1700s, this site was occupied by tidal marshes and flats of the Charles River. This 1777 map depicts Frog Lane (Boylston Street) and Pleasant . . . — — Map (db m215823) HM
In the 17th century, religious persecution led to the immigration of large numbers of French Protestants (known as Huguenots) to Massachusetts. Gravestones of the Cazneau, Johonnat, Revere, and Sigourney families can be found throughout . . . — — Map (db m231829) HM
In 1789 President George Washington stayed at Joseph Ingersoll's inn at this site while visiting Boston. Massachusetts Governor John Hancock's visit to meet Washington here is regarded as an early acceptance of Federal sovereignty over that of . . . — — Map (db m215167) HM
First Master of U.S. Revenue Cutter Massachusetts
The Revenue Cutter Service is the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard. Captain Williams was the commander of the first authorized ship. — — Map (db m215171) HM
Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years, and without an estate, or any gainful employment, by constant labor and honest industry, maintained a large family comfortably, and . . . — — Map (db m19280) HM
Here were buried Governors of Massachusetts John Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665, John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771, Lieut. Governors of Massachusetts William Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841; Governors of . . . — — Map (db m18713) HM
Its first building was the first Church of England in Boston.
The corner stone of the present building was laid August 11, 1749.
After the Revolution it became the first Unitarian church in the United States. — — Map (db m18083) HM
First permanent established Anglican church in New England
First Unitarian church in America
Oldest American pulpit in continuous use on its original site — — Map (db m186286) HM
The Walk to the Sea encompasses four centuries
of Boston history. Beginning at the State House on
Beacon Hill, overlooking Boston's ancient Common,
the Walk passes among historic landmarks and
skyscrapers. The Walk crosses ground that, . . . — — Map (db m144148) HM
School Street Boston • Site of the oldest public school in the United States founded 1635.
"Agreed w Mr. John Barnerd as followeth, he to build a new school house of forty foot long, twenty five foot wide & eleven foot stud, . . . — — Map (db m215152) HM
Along the second row parallel to the front path are the stones of the three “Rebeccas”: Rebecca (Baker) Gerrish (d. 1743), Rebecca Smith Sanders (d. 1745/6), and Rebecca (Smith) Alexander Deal Sprague (ca. 1704-1746), who were . . . — — Map (db m18984) HM
Michael S. Dukakis South Station Transportation Center Dedication 2014 Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving Governor in Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m177232) HM
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Look up and see the North Church Tower where were shown two lantern lights on the night of April 18, 1775, to send Paul Revere on his famous ride and begin the American Revolution. This view preserved for all future generations by . . . — — Map (db m186290) HM
has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department . . . — — Map (db m18087) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m176110) HM
The English architect Peter Banner designed Park Street Church. It was built in 1809 on the site of the old Granary for which the adjoining burying ground, much older than the church, was named. On July 4, 1829, William Lloyd Garrison delivered . . . — — Map (db m18081) HM
This tablet as a memorial to Paul Revere is erected by the Paul Revere Memorial Association to commemorate the opening to the public on April 19, 1908 of his old house at No. 19 North Square in this city. May the youth of today when they visit . . . — — Map (db m18709) HM
When the Puritans landed in Boston in 1630, the Separatist settlement at Plymouth Colony was ten years old. Puritans and Separatists were two Protestant sects that developed in the late 16th century in England. Puritans were critical of, but . . . — — Map (db m19003) HM
Robert Keayne
The founder of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1638 and its first Captain, died 23d March 1655. This stone was the doorstep at his farmhouse Rumney Marsh.
Col. Nicholas Paige
Captain of . . . — — Map (db m215135) HM
Welcome to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway a ribbon of contemporary urban parks created in the space where an elevated highway once stood. As a result of Boston's "Big Dig," that highway now runs beneath these parks. The Greenway . . . — — Map (db m215650) HM
This site was the location of two Boston City Halls. Here, in 1810, the Suffolk County Court House was erected. In 1841, that courthouse was converted to Boston's second city hall. In 1865, it was replaced by Boston's third city hall, the . . . — — Map (db m215157) HM
Around you are some of the earliest burials at Granary Burial Ground. “The Oldest Stone” dated 1667 marked the burial of John Wakefield (ca. 1615-1667). Apparently a frugal relative 36 years later had the back of the stone carved for Ann Child . . . — — Map (db m191829) HM
The Schubert Theatre was designed by architects Charles Bond and Thomas James. It opened January 24, 1910 and has enjoyed a rich history of world premieres and memorable performances. International stars who have appeared on its stage include Sarah . . . — — Map (db m215410) HM
This 1898 headhouse was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor firm to H.H. Richardson, as the earliest and last remaining example of Classical Revival style of railway architecture in Boston. Originally known as South Union . . . — — Map (db m56253) HM
The excellent spring water on the Shawmut
Peninsula drew the Puritans to settle here. The
site of the spring is marked on Spring Lane.
Nearby the colonists built their compact town.
The first church, first market, first prison, first
burying . . . — — Map (db m176000) HM
In Memory of The Chevalier de Saint Sauveur
first Chamberlain of his Royal Highness, Count d'Artois, brother of his Majesty
the King of France
“Cet officier, aide-major de l'escadre française et lieutenant de vaisseau . . . — — Map (db m176938) HM WM
When, in 1828, Andrew Jackson established the Democratic party and ran for president using the populist slogan, "Let the people rule", his opponents thought him silly and labeled him a "jackass". Jackson, however, picked up on their name calling . . . — — Map (db m215155) HM
Buried in the Winthrop family tomb are 11 members of the Winthrop family. Puritan leader John Winthrop the Elder (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the founder of Boston. In 1629 he was elected governor by the . . . — — Map (db m18999) HM
Neighborhood of Revolution “Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In In the course of just two pivotal days – April 18 and . . . — — Map (db m191828) HM
Here was the Great Spring which for more than two centuries gave water to the people of Boston The Bostonian Society has set this tablet 1907 — — Map (db m176071) HM
The Statler Park site once fronted on Boston Harbor Bay's shoreline, close to where the British landed and embarked for the Battle of Lexington in 1775. This area was filled in between 1857 and 1882 to form what is now known as Boston's back Bay . . . — — Map (db m215825) HM
Located against the back fence of the burying ground is the Tudor family tomb, marked by a gravestone for John Tudor, Esquire (1709-1795),. The Tudor family legacy began with John Tudor, a baker and deacon of Second Church, who chronicled over . . . — — Map (db m19009) HM
Thomas Crease built this structure as his apothecary and residence shortly after the great fire of 1711 destroyed Anne Hutchinson’s house on this site. Timothy Carter opened the Old Corner Bookstore here in 1829. Between 1845 and 1865, the . . . — — Map (db m18085) HM
The Old State House, Boston’s oldest public building, was built in 1713 as the seat of British colonial government. Here the Royal Governor and the Massachusetts Assembly debated the Stamp Acts and the Writs of Assistance. The Declaration of . . . — — Map (db m18096) HM
“ . . . there the child Independence was born.” Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the . . . — — Map (db m18689) HM
Originally called the Metropolitan Theatre and later the Music Hall, this 1925 building, designed by Clarence Blackall, continues to be used for concerts, Broadway plays, motion pictures, opera and dance productions.
New England's largest . . . — — Map (db m215409) HM
Theater in Boston is almost 200 years old. The first theater was a stage built in a barn on Hawley Street (behind Filene's) in 1792. To disguise the nature of the productions — plays were still banned in Boston — the presentations were called . . . — — Map (db m215407) HM
Three hundred years ago this location did not have ideal conditions for a graveyard. There were many underground springs which made it soggy and damp. Tomb owners routinely found their tombs filled with water, with caskets and bodies floating about. . . . — — Map (db m18770) HM
The remains of Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell Crispus Attucks and Patrick Carr Victims of the Boston Massacre, March 5th, 1770, were here interred by order of the Town of Boston. ---------- Here also lies buried the body of . . . — — Map (db m19282) HM
Waterfront Park was originally designed by Sasaki Associates and opened in 1976 as part of the United States Bicentennial Celebration. During the early 1980's, North End residents renamed the park Christopher Columbus Park. In 1987, the Rose . . . — — Map (db m215587) HM
This building served as Boston's City Hall from 1865 until 1969, when it was renovated for use as an office building. Boston's Old City Hall is one of the first examples of adaptive reuse. In the 1960's the concept of recycling out-dated public . . . — — Map (db m76635) HM
Buried here are many notable people in Boston’s early history, from its first governor, John Winthrop, to Frederic Tudor, the “Ice King.” This is Boston’s oldest burying ground, established in 1630 on what were then the outskirts of the . . . — — Map (db m18979) HM
Patriot, Son of Liberty, and first messenger sent by Warren from Boston to Lexington on the night of April 18-19 1775 to warn Hancock and Adams of the coming of the British troops. Born April 6 1745 Died February 25 1799 Placed by the Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m18712) HM
Built in 1893, this was the first steel frame "skyscraper” constructed in Boston. It was
the work of innovative local architect Clarence
Blackall, who modeled this building on the early
steel commercial structures of Chicago.
The office . . . — — Map (db m176116) HM
Ye Wilbur Theatre opened in 1914. It was designed by architect Clarence Blackhall and is renowned for its architectural individuality, grace and refinement. Ye Wilbur has hosted many world premieres, among them "Our Town," "A Streetcar Named . . . — — Map (db m215408) HM
Three of the original five storefronts remain from this 1848 commercial row, which was built and occupied by the Ballard family. Its design reflects the Egyptian Revival entrance gate at the nearby Granary Burying Ground.
Few Boston Granite . . . — — Map (db m215672) HM
In 1906, noted architect William Gibbons
Preston modified his own 1893 design for this
building by extending the Milk Street facade
to its present location. The allegorical figures
of commerce, fidelity, industry and security
are by New York . . . — — Map (db m176069) HM
Since its beginning in 1851 Jordan Marsh has grown with the City of Boston. It is to the continued faith in this city and its great people that this building is dedicated. - 1977 - — — Map (db m176060) HM
On this site, at No. 27 Summer Street, stood the parsonage in which Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 Placed here on this anniversary, May 25, 1951 that posterity shall know the birthplace of this great American — — Map (db m176032) HM
An Gorta Mor The great famine which ravaged Ireland between 1845-50 was the major catastrophe of the 19th century. It brought horrific suffering and loss to Ireland’s 8.5 million people. Over one million died of starvation and disease. Another . . . — — Map (db m176151) HM
Washington Street was Boston's Newspaper
Row, home to all the city dailies into the
1950s. The Boston Evening Transcript, founded in 1830, was the city's first afternoon daily. By 1870, the influential newspaper was the largest in New . . . — — Map (db m176112) HM
Elizabeth Peabody, the first female publisher in Boston, maintained a home and business here in the 1840s. Her bookshop was the first in the city to offer works by foreign authors, and she published the periodical The Dial with Ralph Waldo . . . — — Map (db m176301) HM
On this site in 1887, the first commercial dental laboratory in America, the W.H. Stowe and Co. Dental Laboratory, was established by William H. Stowe and Mr. Frank F. Eddy. This historical marker, placed by the National Association of Dental . . . — — Map (db m175914) HM
There were shrubs and flowers in the Franklin Place front-yards or borders; Commerce is just putting his granite foot upon them.
In The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1857), Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes mourns the change in . . . — — Map (db m176068) HM
The Province Street of today was once a narrow cross street called Governor's Alley in the period before the American Revolution, referred to as the "Province Period". This alley was originally the avenue to the stables and rear grounds of . . . — — Map (db m215673) HM
Occupied by the Royal Governors
of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
until the Evacuation of Boston by
the British Army March 17, 1776
Residence of Peter Sargeant
Built 1679
Bought by the Province
April 11, 1716
This Tablet . . . — — Map (db m234474) HM
This plaque commemorates the historic site of
Jordan Marsh
In 1841, nineteen year old Eben Dyer Jordan began a remarkable and innovative journey that would lead to the founding, with partner Benjamin L. Marsh, of the renowned . . . — — Map (db m115271) HM
In 1754 the Province of Massachusetts Bay erected
here the Manufactory House, which housed the
working poor in exchange for manufacturing linen.
This early public housing program was unsuccessful,
and the Province began leasing to private . . . — — Map (db m175926) HM
1630-1673
Zacheus Bosworth, Captain Thomas Clarke and Lieutenant Richard Cooke dwelt here on School House Lane
1704
John Mico built a mansion on this site which was occupied in turn by Colonel Jacob Wendall, Governor Moses Gill and . . . — — Map (db m21664) HM
On this site stood the church of the French Huguenots 1716 - 1741. Used as a Congregational church 1748 - 1788.
Occupied by Roman Catholics 1788 - 1803. First public Mass celebrated in Boston November 2 - 1788. — — Map (db m215165) HM
On this site stood the Public Latin School 1748 – 1844 Directly opposite stood the first and the second school building occupied by this school 1645 – 1748 This tablet placed here on the 300th anniversary April 23 1935 by the City of . . . — — Map (db m18511) HM
The patriot and propagandist Samuel Adams
(1722-1803) lived in a house on this site from
1784 until his death. A cousin of John Adams,
Samuel Adams wrote many criticisms of the British
government, advocated separation from Great
Britain, and . . . — — Map (db m175913) HM
Near this site stood the home of state senator Israel Thorndike, a merchant and privateer. During a visit here in 1812 by Governor Elbridge Gerry, an electoral district was oddly redrawn to provide advantage to the party
in office.
Shaped by . . . — — Map (db m176242) HM
Near this site stood the first mint in the British colonies of North America. Prior to 1652, the Massachusetts financial system was based on bartering and foreign coinage. The scarcity of coin currency was a problem for the growth of the New . . . — — Map (db m56640) HM
One of Boston’s luxury hotels, opened by innovative hosteller Harvey Parker, the Parker House has been operating on this site since 1856. Parker introduced the European Plan, started the practice of scrod, the fresh white fish catch of the day. The . . . — — Map (db m18510) HM
Here stood The Province House Occupied by the Royal Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay until the Evacuation of Boston by
the British Army March 17, 1776
Residence of Peter Sargeant
Built 1679
Bought by the Province April . . . — — Map (db m176115) HM
This three-story, Greek revival building was built in 1833, as the
residence of Colonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764–1854), a
Boston Brahmin, philanthropist, and China Trade merchant.
Situated in what was then a residential neighborhood, the . . . — — Map (db m176197) HM
Tremont Temple was once the renowned Tremont Theater. Most of the famous actors, singers and lecturers of the day performed here. John Gilbert, Jenny Lind, Daniel Webster and Charles Dickens all made appearances.In 1843, the Theater became the . . . — — Map (db m76638) HM
On this spot stood Boston’s first Trinity Church Built in 1734. Destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872, during the pastorate of Phillips Brooks. This tablet unveiled by the Presiding Bishop of the United States General Convention of the . . . — — Map (db m176053) HM
Trinity Church in the City of Boston This bronze tablet offers a rendering of the second building of Trinity Church erected on this site in 1829.
1734 As the third Anglican parish in Pre-Revolutionary Boston, the founders of Trinity . . . — — Map (db m176109) HM
The 1851 New York Tribune headline trumpeted Flying Cloud's record-breaking sail: 89 days 21 hours from New York around Cape Horn to San Francisco. There a newspaper described Donald McKay's most famous clipper ship as "a monument . . . — — Map (db m215794) HM
Carlton's Wharf, one of the earliest wharves in East Boston, was built around 1851 by Massachusetts native John K. Carlton.
Carlton himself was among the first wave of Bostonians to settle in the nascent, but promising, planned township . . . — — Map (db m215773) HM
A grant from Boston's Edward Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund made possible the 2012 restoration of the commemorative plaque depicting events at Noddle's Island, the area that eventually became East Boston. The plaque was designed by Theodore Cotillo . . . — — Map (db m215803) HM
For 118 years, ferries connected East Boston to Boston's downtown waterfront. In fact, the first vessel built here was a ferry, the East Boston, launched in 1834. At one time three separate routes were operating—an essential part of East . . . — — Map (db m215796) HM
Beginning with Native Americans, a succession of people have made their homes here as shipbuilding and other industries replaced farming and fishing. East Boston, which was originally five islands, has welcomed immigrants from afar, creating a . . . — — Map (db m215769) HM
Beginning with Native Americans, a succession of people have made their homes here as shipbuilding and other industries replaced farming and fishing. East Boston, which was originally five islands, has welcomed immigrants from afar, creating a . . . — — Map (db m215775) HM
Beginning with Native Americans, a succession of people have made their homes here as shipbuilding and other industries replaced farming and fishing. East Boston, which was originally five islands, has welcomed immigrants from afar, creating a . . . — — Map (db m215801) HM
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