Old Corner Bookstore
Historic Boston Incorporated was started in 1960 as a rescue mission. Downtown Boston’s oldest commercial building, the Old Corner Bookstore, was slated to become a parking garage. The building, constructed […]
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Tremont Temple was formed in 1839 under the name The Free Baptist Church. Timothy Gilbert, a piano maker in Boston, resigned his membership at Charles Street Baptist Church when the […]
The Freedom Trail
The Red-Brick Trail Into Downtown Boston’s Celebrated Colonial Past Marked by a red brick or painted line, Boston’s 2.5 mile Freedom Trail connects 16 of the country’s most significant historical […]
Old South Meeting House
Visit the famed, National Historic Landmark where liberty found its allies and the American Revolution gained its voice. Within the walls of Old South Meeting House, meeting by meeting, vote […]
Old State House
Colonial Boston’s Seat Of Government, Center Of Revolutionary Debate, Site Of The “Boston Massacre”: History Happened Here Known today as the Old State House, this building was the center of […]
Park Street Church
Throughout the years, Park Street Church has remained remarkably consistent in its dedication to worship in spirit and in truth. Although culture and politics fluctuate locally and globally, the words […]
Old City Hall
The Original Center Of Boston’s Political Life Right In The Middle Of Downtown Old City Hall is one of the first examples of adaptive reuse. In the 1960s the concept […]
King’s Chapel
One Of The Oldest Congregations In America And Steeped In Boston’s Revolutionary History King’s Chapel was organized as an Anglican congregation at a meeting in Boston’s Town House, the city […]
Grand Masonic Lodge of Massachusetts (The Freemasons)
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts is the administrative headquarters of Massachusetts Freemasonry, as well as the home for more than 20 Masonic organizations meeting in Boston. It houses the Samuel […]