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Old South Meetinghouse, Boston MA |
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New England congregations call their buildings meetinghouses rather than churches, and it's from this that the Old South Meeting House gets its name. |
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Built in 1729, it was the largest building in colonial Boston at the time. Old South Meeting House, on Washington Street at the corner of Milk Street in Downtown Crossing (map), saw its most famous meeting on December 16, 1773, when a group of colonials in Indian dress set out from here to throw the Boston Tea Party. Though built originally to house a church cngregation, today the building is a museum with exhibits of historical documents, currency, furniture, and a scale model of Boston in 1775, which gives you a very clear idea of the size and layout of the town. An audio-visual show recounts Old South's history. Some visitors confuse Old South Meetinghouse with Old North Church in Boston's North End, in the steeple of which two langerns were hung to signal to Paul Revere that British troops were moving from Boston by sea toward Charlestown. You'll visit Old North Church later in your travel of the Freedom Trail. Old South Meetinghouse is now surrounded by office buildings and the busy shopping of Downtown Crossing. Old South Meetinghouse Beacon Hill to Faneuil Hall Walking Tour |
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Old South Meetinghouse, Boston MA.
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