Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . chool. — Franklin Statue. — City Hall. — Otis. — Warren. — Mas-carene. — Cromwells Head. — The Old Corner Bookstore.— Anne Hutchin-son. — The French Church. — Catholic Church. — Second Universalist. —Province Street. — Chapman Place. — James Lovell. — Wendell. WE choose Kings Chapel for our point of departure, aswell from its central position as from the fact thatits vicinage is prohably the oldest ground built upon in Bos-ton, Blackstones lot alone excepted. The exterior of Kings Cliapeldoes not present any remarkablearchitectural features. It
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . chool. — Franklin Statue. — City Hall. — Otis. — Warren. — Mas-carene. — Cromwells Head. — The Old Corner Bookstore.— Anne Hutchin-son. — The French Church. — Catholic Church. — Second Universalist. —Province Street. — Chapman Place. — James Lovell. — Wendell. WE choose Kings Chapel for our point of departure, aswell from its central position as from the fact thatits vicinage is prohably the oldest ground built upon in Bos-ton, Blackstones lot alone excepted. The exterior of Kings Cliapeldoes not present any remarkablearchitectural features. It has anair of sohdity and massivenessthat seems to bespeak the inten-tion of its builders that it shotildremain where it Avas purpose is likely to be setat naught by the proposed re-moval of the Chapel northward-ly, to widen School Street. Soimprobable an idea never enteredthe heads of the founders; butwe make nothing nowadays oftaking up blocks of brick or stone bodily, and moving themwhitlier Ave GOVERNOR SHIRLEY. kings chapel and the neighbokhood. 29 Kings Chapel is the fifth in the order of Boston architect was Peter Harrison, of I^Tewport, E. I., and the planembraced a steeple, which Mr. Harrison thought essential to hisgeneral design, and would have a beautiful effect. For want
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