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e King’s Chapel &
Burying Ground
Map D3. 58 Tremont St. Tel (617) 227-
2155.  Park St, State, Government
Center. Open late May–mid-Sep:
10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 1:30–5pm Sun;
mid-Sep–late May: call for hours.
Music recitals: 12:15pm Tue.
∑ kings-chapel.org
The first chapel on this site
was built in 1689, but when
the Governor of New England
decided that a larger church
was needed, the present
Sculptural fountain in Boston’s Post Office Square granite edifice was begun in
1749. It was constructed
q Post Office Square crowds, led by a group of around the original wooden
merchants called “the Sons of chapel, which was then
Map E4. Cnr of Congress and Milk Sts.
 State, Downtown. - Liberty” to gather in protest dismantled and heaved out of
against British taxation and the the windows of its replace-
Enclosed on the west side by hated Stamp Act. During a ment. High ceilings and open
the impressive Art Deco former protest rally on December 16, arches enhance the sense of
post office building, Post Office 1773, the fiery speechmaker spaciousness and light inside
Square is the nerve center of Samuel Adams flashed the the chapel. Its other notable
Boston’s financial district. The signal that led to the Boston Tea features include a pulpit
east side of the square faces Party (see p149) at Griffin’s shaped like a wine glass,
the Renaissance-style former Wharf several hours later. which dates back to
Federal Reserve Bank, now The British retaliated by 1717, and a huge
the Langham Boston Hotel turning Old South into bell that was recast
(see p184). The graceful 1947 an officers’ tavern and by the foundry of
Art Moderne structure on the a stable for army Revolutionary hero
south side was headquarters horses. Today, the Paul Revere (see p148).
for the New England Telephone Meeting House holds The adjacent
Company, and the laboratory lectures and exhibitions, cemetery, Boston’s
of telephone pioneer Alexander and has a multimedia oldest, contains the
Graham Bell was located on show, which relives the Alexander graves of 12-time
nearby Court Street. A public events. The shop sells Graham Bell Colonial governor
park provides an oasis of green “Boston Tea Party” tea and John Winthrop, and
among the high-rise buildings books on the history of Boston Mary Chilton, the first woman
of the city. Local workers and and New England. to step off the Mayflower.
tourists are able to relax on
the lawns to the sound of
water in the sculptural fountain,
and in summer a kiosk sells
luncheon fare.
w Old South
Meeting House
Map D4. 310 Washington St.
Tel (617) 482-6439.  Park St, State,
Government Center. Open Apr–Oct:
9:30am–5pm daily; Nov–Mar:
10am–4pm daily. & 7
∑ oldsouthmeetinghouse.org
Built for Puritan religious
services in 1729, this edifice,
with a tall octagonal steeple,
had Colonial Boston’s biggest
capacity for town meetings.
From 1765 on, it became the
venue for large and vociferous The simply decorated interior of King’s Chapel on Tremont Street
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp184–6 and pp187–9

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