Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . Street. Christ Chiuch spire lias long dominated over this locality,and served as a landmark for vessels entering the harljur. It isthe oldest church in Boston standing on its original ground,having been erected in 1723, —six years before the Old South,Of the fifteen churches built previous to 1750, only a fewoccupy their original sites ; the others may be found in thenew city wlaich has sprung u]j as if by magic in the old bedof Charles Eiver. This was the second Episcopal Church erected in the has been in its day considered one of the
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . Street. Christ Chiuch spire lias long dominated over this locality,and served as a landmark for vessels entering the harljur. It isthe oldest church in Boston standing on its original ground,having been erected in 1723, —six years before the Old South,Of the fifteen churches built previous to 1750, only a fewoccupy their original sites ; the others may be found in thenew city wlaich has sprung u]j as if by magic in the old bedof Charles Eiver. This was the second Episcopal Church erected in the has been in its day considered one of the chief architecturalornaments of the Xorth End. The body of the church has theplain monotonous style peculiar to all the old houses of wor-ship, but thesteeple — thedesign ofCharles Bul-finch — beau-tifies the wholestructure. Thiold steeple w down inthe great galeof 1804, falling upon anold wood( 11building at thecorner of Till ston Street,through whichit crashed, tothe consterna-tion of thetenants, who,however, es- christ CHRIST CHURCH. 1723. 214 OF BOSTON. capod injury. In rebuikling, the height was shortened about sixteen feet by Joseph Tucker, the buikk^r. Over the entrance is a plain tabkt with the name and date of the house. It is generally known that from tliis steeple — which wasA^isible far and near — warning was given of the intendedmarch to Lexington and Concord. Pavd Eeveres narrativegives a relation of the method : — On Tuesday evening, the 18th of April, 1775, it was observedthat a number of soldiers were marching towards Boston ten oclock Dr. Warren sent in great haste for me, and beggedthat I would immediately set olf for Lexington, where were Hancockand Adams, and acquaint them of the movement, and that it wasthought they were the objects. The Sunday before, by desire ofDr. Warren, I had been to Lexington to see Hancock and Adams,who were at Rev. Mr. Clarks. I retmned at night, through Charlestown. There I ag
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