view gallery N0 km | MCMXII - [1912] Boston Public School and Other Offices - Boston, MA in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This building with prominent columns on the front currently houses Boston city offices such as the Boston Public Schools. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 07/05/2011 last visited: 08/08/2016 |
view gallery N0 km | BNY Mellon Center at One Boston Place - Boston, MA in Skyscrapers The BNY Mellon Center at One Boston Place, the fourth tallest building in Boston, currently, is a dark modern structure that towers over the much older and more ornate Old State House. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/28/2009 last visited: 03/25/2018 |
view gallery W0 km | MY2079 - E44 - Boston, MA in U.S. Benchmarks This mark is located on Court Square in the forward-most side entrance to the building that is currently city offices. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/22/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery N0 km | 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 |
view gallery NE0 km | Ames Building - Boston, MA in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The thirteen-story Ames Building at 1 Court Street in Boston is the second tallest masonry load building in the United States and sits among much taller steel and glass structures, as well as the Old State House. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 11/01/2009 last visited: 07/13/2018 |
view gallery NE0 km | Ames Building - Boston, MA in American Guide Series The 13 story Ames Building, claimed by the guide for Massachusetts to be Boston's first skyscraper, is now dwarfed by the 40-plus floor buildings around it. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 11/02/2009 last visited: 07/13/2018 |
view gallery NW0 km | Where Franklin Apprenticed as a Printer with His Brother, James - Boston, MA in Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin apprenticed with James, his brother, in his printing office for two years and worked on such publications as the New England Currant before running away and settling in Philadelphia. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/22/2009 last visited: 08/31/2012 |
view gallery NW0 km | 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: 03/13/2006 last visited: 11/22/2011 |
view gallery NE0 km | Simon Willard Clock, Old State House - Boston, MA in Town Clocks This is a still functioning 1831 clock, by Simon Willard, mounted in the end of the Old State House in Boston. It is the city's oldest surviving building, dating from 1713. Here the Declaration of Independence was first read in 1776. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 09/25/2009 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery E0 km | Site Where Captain Kidd was Held Prisoner - Old Prison - Boston, MA in Pirates A sign on an old building that was once a courthouse states that there was on this site Boston's first prison that had held Captain Kidd before he was shipped off to England to be tried and executed. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 06/18/2011 last visited: 07/20/2014 |
view gallery E0 km | Old State House - Comet Weathervane - Boston, Massachusetts, USA. in Unique Weathervanes This weathervane stands atop the Old State House one of the nation's most important colonial landmarks, the place that changed American history forever. Located alongside the Freedom Trail in Historic City of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. posted by: veritas vita location: Massachusetts date approved: 03/28/2018 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery E0 km | Old State House - Boston, MA in American Guide Series The Old State House on Washington and State Streets in the financial district of Boston is a colonial building that is in stark contrast to the modern buildings around it. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 11/02/2009 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery E0 km | Old State House - Boston, Massachusetts, USA. in Picture Perfect Postcards Old State House one of the nation's most important colonial landmarks, the place that changed American history forever. Located in the Historic City of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. posted by: veritas vita location: Massachusetts date approved: 03/25/2018 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery SE0 km | Starbucks - Washington St. - Boston, MA in Starbucks Stores This Starbucks is located in downtown Boston near the historic South Meeting House on Washington Street. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 03/22/2012 last visited: 04/20/2018 |
view gallery E0 km | State (Orange & Blue Lines) - Boston, MA in The Underground This section of the subway was built on two levels to accommodate narrow Washington Street, and formerly the two entrances to the station were given separate names, State Street and Milk Street. posted by: RIclimber location: Massachusetts date approved: 02/21/2010 last visited: 04/28/2016 |
view gallery NE0 km | British Lion - Old Statehouse - Boston, MA in Lion Statues On July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was first proclaimed from here. Later that day, the lion and unicorn were taken down from the roof of the building and burned in a great bonfire in Dock Square. They were restored in 1882. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 09/23/2009 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | Bunker Hill - Boston, Massachusetts, USA. in NPS Passport Cancellation Stations The Bunker Hill - NPS Passport Stamp is available in the Bunker Hill Museum, across the road from Bunker Hill, Boston, MA. posted by: veritas vita location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/02/2019 last visited: 01/20/2022 |
view gallery NE0 km | Unicorn of Scotland - Boston, Massachusetts, USA. in Figurative Public Sculpture Unicorn - An ancient Historical Creature, and heraldic symbol of Scotland. This Unicorn stands atop the end wall of The Old State House. Where the first reading of the declaration of independence was made in Boston, Massachusetts. posted by: veritas vita location: Massachusetts date approved: 11/15/2019 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | Unicorn of Scotland - Old State House - Boston, MA in Epic Beings and Creatures On July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was first proclaimed from here. Later that day, the lion and unicorn were taken down from the roof of the building and burned in a great bonfire in Dock Square. They were restored in 1882. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 09/23/2009 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | Constellation - MONOCEROS / UNICORN - Boston, Massachusetts, USA in Extraterrestrial Locations Monoceros is Greek for Unicorn. An ancient Historical Creature, & the name of a Constellation. This Unicorn stands on the end wall The Old State House. Where the first reading of the declaration of indendance was made, below the Lion & Unicorn. posted by: veritas vita location: Massachusetts date approved: 03/31/2018 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | OLDEST - Public Building, Old Statehouse - Boston, MA in Superlatives The Old State House, the oldest surviving public building in Boston, was built in 1713 to house the government offices of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It stands on the site of Boston's first Town House of 1657-8, which burned in 1711. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 03/21/2012 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | Old State House Museum - Tourist Attraction - Boston, Massachusetts, USA. in Official Local Tourism Attractions The Old State House is the oldest and most important public building in American history prior to the Revolution, where John Adams insisted, “Independence was born” Step back in time at this must-see destination on the Freedom Trail, Boston. posted by: veritas vita location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/05/2018 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | City Hall 1830 - 1841 - Boston, MA in City and Town Halls The Old State House, the oldest surviving public building in Boston, was built in 1713 to house the government offices of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It stands on the site of Boston's first Town House of 1657-8, which burned in 1711. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 03/21/2012 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | Old State House - Boston, MA in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Old State House, the oldest surviving public building in Boston, was built in 1713 to house the government offices of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It stands on the site of Boston's first Town House of 1657-8, which burned in 1711. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 11/24/2007 last visited: 10/17/2023 |
view gallery NW0 km | United States Trust Bank, Scollay Building - Boston, MA in Converted Bank Buildings The United States Trust Company Building, also known as the Scollay Building, is one of the last surviving buildings of the old Scollay Square, and now houses a ritzy restaurant and business offices. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/19/2011 last visited: never |
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