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Heart of Old Boston speech debates and taxation Tips for Walkers
Head back along Tremont Street protests. A few blocks north,
and turn left down School the Old State House 9 Starting point: Boston Common.
Street, where a hopscotch- presides over the head of Maps available at Boston
like mosaic embedded in the State Street. The colonial Common Visitors’ Center.
sidewalk commemorates the site government building, it Length: 2.5 miles (4 km).
of the First Public School 6, also served as the first Getting there: Exit at Park
established in 1635. At the state legislature, and the Street “T” station to start. Other
“T” stations also located on
end of the street is the Old merchants’ exchange in the route: State, Haymarket, and
Corner Bookstore 7 (see p61), basement was where Boston’s Government Center. Follow
a landmark more associated colonial shipping fortunes red stripe on sidewalk for the
with Boston’s literary emer- were made. The square in full route.
gence of 1845–65 than with front of the Old State House
the Revolution. is the Boston Massacre
The Old South Meeting Site 0, where British soldiers
House 8, a short way to the opened fire on a taunting
south on Washington Street, mob in 1770, killing five and
1 is a graceful, white-spired providing propaganda for
2 brick church, modeled on revolutionary agitators.
BOSTON BOWDOIN ST Sir Christopher Wren’s English Follow State Street down
to Congress Street and turn
P A R K S T R E E T S O ME R S ET S T Revolutionary Boston, “Old known as the “Cradle of
country churches. As one of
COMMON PARK PL the largest meeting halls in left to reach Faneuil Hall q,
South’s” rafters rang with
Liberty” for the history of
B E A C O N S T R E E T
PEM B E R T O N SQUARE
OLD GRANARY many a fiery speech urging patriotic speeches made in
T R E M O N T S T R E E T
Park Street 3 BURYING revolt against the British. its public meeting hall.
GROUND
4 It was a crucible for free- Donated to the city by
Huguenot merchant Peter
T R E M O N T S T R E E T Haymarket Faneuil, the building was
BRO MFIELD STREET P R O VIN C E S T R EE T S C H O O L S T R E E T 5 CO URT Government C O N G R E S S S T R E E T S AL E M ST RE E T q Faneuil Hall, popularly known as “the
built primarily as Boston’s first
BOSWORTH
6
central marketplace.
Center
CHAPMAN PLACE
Cradle of Liberty”
S QUA RE
7 State U N I O N S T R E E T BLACKSTONE STREET H A N O V E R S T R E E T
C O U R T S T R E E T
9
WASHINGTON ST
8
0 NO R T H S T R E E T
D E V O N S H I R E S T R E E T q C L INTON STREET N O R T H S T R E E T w GARDEN CT.
H A N O V E R S T R E E T
SPRING LANE
R I C H M O N D S T R E E T NORTH SQUARE N O R T H S T R E E T
W AT ER S T
M I L K S TREE T
S TAT E S T R E E T
C L A R K S T R E E T
Use the red FULTON STREET
stripe to negotiate AT L A N T I C A V E N U E
your way down to North
End and the Paul Revere
House w on North Square.
Boston’s oldest private
residence, it was home to
the man famously known for 0 meters
his “midnight ride” (see p23). 200
From here, walk to Hanover 0 yards 2 00
Street and turn right, following
the red stripe towards the
next point on the Freedom Key
9 Old State House, once the seat of Trail, Old North Church Walk route
colonial government (see p128).
For keys to symbols see back flap
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