Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . t story is of rusticated dressed granite, and the others of brick. Alarge amount of iron is used in the structure, which givesit an air of grandeur and solidity. The best time to ascend the cupola is before elevenoclock, on a bright, clear day. Visitors are required toinscribe their names on a register. There is no feedemanded. One of the first objects that attract the attention of astranger, on entering the State House, is the statue ofWashington, by Sir F. Chantrey, which is placed in the 64 BOSTON SIGHTS. rotunda. This statue was pu
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . t story is of rusticated dressed granite, and the others of brick. Alarge amount of iron is used in the structure, which givesit an air of grandeur and solidity. The best time to ascend the cupola is before elevenoclock, on a bright, clear day. Visitors are required toinscribe their names on a register. There is no feedemanded. One of the first objects that attract the attention of astranger, on entering the State House, is the statue ofWashington, by Sir F. Chantrey, which is placed in the 64 BOSTON SIGHTS. rotunda. This statue was purchased by private subscrip-tion, and was placed where it now stands in 1828. Like nearly all the works of the distinguished sculptor,in this production Chantrey has somewhat idealized hissubject. Washington is represented in a military cloak,and so far all is correct enough, but the features arescarcely those of the Father of his Country. Nevertheless,as a work of art it is extremely fine, and reflects honoron the public spirit of those who procured The Hancock House. — Near the capitol, on the west,is the mansion-house of the eminent patriot, the late JohnHancock, now exhibiting quite an ancient appearance;and on the east, about the same distance, was, untilrecently, situated the dwelling of the late James Bow- HANCOCK HOUSE. 65 doin, another patriot of the Revolution, a distinguishedscholar and philosopher, and who, by his firmness, in thecritical period of 1786, contributed most efficiently to thepreservation of order and tranquillity in the common-wealth. The Hancock House is one of the celebrities of Boston,and no stranger, who feels the patriotic impulse, fails topay it a visit. It stands in Beacon-street, very near the State House,and fronts the south, presenting a quaint and picturesqueappearance, embosomed, as it is, with shrubs, evergreens,trees, and flowers. It is built of hewn stone, and raisedabout thirteen feet above the street, the ascent beingthrough a g
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