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|  Faneuil Hall
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Faneuil Hall, on the Freedom Trail, a historic assembly area in Boston. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/13/2006 last visited: 6/24/2009 |
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|  Old Prison
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The site of the Old Prison and of an old courthouse in downtown Boston. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/13/2006 last visited: 11/22/2011 |
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|  Here in 1719 Stood the Printing Office of James Franklin - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The plaque marks the location where James Franklin had a printing office and where Benjamin Franklin spent time as an apprentice until he fled to Philadelphia. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/22/2009 last visited: 11/22/2011 |
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|  The Chemical Firehouse, 1886
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A former firehouse now used as an Art Center in Brookline. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2007 last visited: 10/20/2009 |
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|  The Boston Pilot Site
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The former site of the newspaper The Boston Pilot. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/13/2006 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
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|  Queen Elizabeth II Visit
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A plaque commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Boston. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/13/2006 last visited: 10/23/2008 |
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|  Tremont Temple
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A theater-turned-church at 88 Tremont Street. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/5/2006 last visited: 9/11/2012 |
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|  Old State House
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The Old State House, near the site of the Boston Massacre, in central Boston. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/13/2006 last visited: 6/24/2009 |
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|  Paul Revere Buried in this Ground
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A marker located near the entry gate of the Granary Burial Ground. posted by: cache_test_dummies location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/13/2006 last visited: 6/24/2009 |
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|  The Boston Globe Site - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The Boston Globe was one of several papers along this stretch of Washington Street that was known as Newspaper Row. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/3/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Park Street Church
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The Park Street Church, right off the Freedom Trail at the edge of Boston Common. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/1/2006 last visited: 10/7/2012 |
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|  The Site of the Bunch of Grapes Tavern - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers This plaque of the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, marks the site where the first chartered Masonic Lodge in the New World started and the plans for Marietta, OH, were made. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/1/2011 last visited: never |
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|  Long Wharf and State Street - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The two related historical signs at this corner are about Long Wharf, which once started near this location, and State Street, which was once considered broad. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/16/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Manufactory House Site
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A plaque marking the site of an early attempt at public housing. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/5/2006 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
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|  Boston Common
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A olde-tyme marker on Boston Common. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/2/2007 last visited: 10/17/2012 |
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|  Site of Early Meetinghouse - Newton, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The first meetinghouse for the city now known as Newton was built where the burial ground at this corner now covers, and buried there are some of Newton's early settlers, including Rev. John Eliot, Jr. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/22/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Park Street Subway
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A marker commemorating the first subway in America. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/5/2006 last visited: 6/17/2012 |
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|  Pi Alley - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Pi Alley was named after a) originally "Pie Alley" for the places there that served meat pies; b) "Pi Alley" for the printing letters, called "Pi" found on the ground; or c) for the endless digits representing the constant, PI on the wall. Read on! posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/3/2012 last visited: never |
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|  The Old Corner Bookstore
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Built in 1711, this building housed the publishers of many famous 19th-century authors. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/18/2006 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
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|  First Commercial Dental Laboratory
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The site of the first commercial dental laboratory in the United States. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/5/2006 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
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|  The S. S. Pierce Building
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A historic building at Brookline's Coolidge Corner. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2007 last visited: 10/20/2009 |
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|  20-30 Bromfield Street
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Three of the original five storefronts remaining on this street are examples of the Boston Granite Style commercial buildings. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/28/2006 last visited: never |
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|  Mary Chilton
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Mary Chilton was the only Mayflower passenger to have moved from Plimoth colony to Boston, and was the oldest white woman settler in Boston. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/27/2006 last visited: never |
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|  Winthrop Building
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The Winthrop Building, erected in 1897, was Boston's first 'skyscraper.' posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/27/2006 last visited: 4/17/2011 |
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|  Spring Lane
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Site of early Puritan settlement in Boston. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/18/2006 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
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