. Book of the Royal blue . ,*was built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and jire-sented to Boston for a market and townhall. Its walls have resounded with thestirring words of such illustrious orators asOtis, Webster, Sumner, Everett, Phillipsand others, and it has been the scene ofmany receptions and banquets to Washing-ton. Christ Church, on Salem Street, waserected in , and is the oldest churchbuilding in Boston. From its tower werehung the lanterns to warn Paul Revereand the jjatriots tliat the British troopswere to march on Lexington and Concord. Bunker Hill Monument is in is
. Book of the Royal blue . ,*was built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and jire-sented to Boston for a market and townhall. Its walls have resounded with thestirring words of such illustrious orators asOtis, Webster, Sumner, Everett, Phillipsand others, and it has been the scene ofmany receptions and banquets to Washing-ton. Christ Church, on Salem Street, waserected in , and is the oldest churchbuilding in Boston. From its tower werehung the lanterns to warn Paul Revereand the jjatriots tliat the British troopswere to march on Lexington and Concord. Bunker Hill Monument is in is a granite obelisk 221 feet high, com-memorating the Battle of Bunker Hill,fought June 17, 1775. 14 BOSTON, MASS. Of tlie modern points of interest in Bos-ton may be mentioned the CharlestownNavy Yard, which is but a few minuteswalk from the monument. It is here tliatmany of our famous war ships are dry-docked for repairs. The Suffolk County Court House, which■ted at a cost of nearly tour million. BOSTON. ■dollars, is but a short distance from thesubway station at Scollay Square. Near itare the State House and park. The corner-stone of the State House was laid in 170,5by Paul Revere, but the building was re-paired and extended to four times its origi-nal size in \805 at a cost of four milliondollars. Coiiley Square is the center of the fasliion-able residential section of Boston. It issurrounded by some of the most beautifuls|)ecimens of architecture, among whichare the Museum of Art, containing one ofthe finest collections of works of art in theworld; the Public Library, erected in 1888at a cost of over two and a half milliondollars. The beautiful halls contain, be-sides the large number of books, manyrare works of art. Trinity Church, thefinest ecclesiastical building in New Eng-land, and the new Old South Church,with its great bell tower i40 feet high, arealso in this fashionable neighborhood. The Public Garden is but a short distancefrom Copley Square. It is a
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