. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... wnby the British, during the seige and a fortbuilt in its place, but in 1790, a brick andstone monument, designed by Bulfinch,replaced it. This latter was destroyedwhen the hill was cut down, but thetablets were preserved and are built intothe present monument, which stands nearthe place of the original beacon, only low-ered about seventy feet. Within the State House grounds areseveral statues. On the right of the mainentrance, Daniel Webster (by HiramPowers, 1859); on the left, Horace Mann(by Emma Stebbins,
. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... wnby the British, during the seige and a fortbuilt in its place, but in 1790, a brick andstone monument, designed by Bulfinch,replaced it. This latter was destroyedwhen the hill was cut down, but thetablets were preserved and are built intothe present monument, which stands nearthe place of the original beacon, only low-ered about seventy feet. Within the State House grounds areseveral statues. On the right of the mainentrance, Daniel Webster (by HiramPowers, 1859); on the left, Horace Mann(by Emma Stebbins, 1865), a gift fromschool children and teachers. At the rightof the State House is the equestrianstatue of Major General Joseph Hooker,erected in 1903. The figure of GeneralHooker is by Daniel Chester French, thehorse by Edward C. Potter. Statues ofMajor General Charles Devens (by OlinL. Warner, 1898) and of Major GeneralNathaniel P. Banks (by Llenry H. Kitson, Major General 1908) stand near the entrance from Ash- W- F-^*=>« Bartiett . , -r-»i State House burton Place. p^^^ so. 82 RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OCCUPIED IN 1774-1775 BY GENERAL FREDERICK HALDIMAND TO WHOM THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL BOYS MADE PROTEST AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR COAST HE ORDERED THE COAST RESTORED AND REPORTED THE AJFAJR TO GENERAL CAGE WHO OBSERVED THAI IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT THE NOTION OF LIBERTY OUT OF THE PEOPLE AS IT WAS ROOTED IN THEM FROM THEIR CHILDHOOD THIS TABLET tWECTEO BY BOSTON ChAPTtR aONS OF THE AMEWCAH REVOUUIIOW. 1907 From the stepsat the rear en-trance to the StateHouse one mayget a view downthe Picturesquenarrow RidgewayLane, which leadsfrom Derne St. toCambridge St. op-posite what isknown as the OldWest Church,although now a School Street on fence in front of City Hall branch of the Public Library. Sulfolk County Court House faces Pemberton Sq., offScollay Sq. It may also be reached by walking through Ash-burton Place, from the State House to Somerset
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