A guide-book of Boston for physicians . f Prince and Mar-garet streets is the house where John Tileston lived,the popularmaster of the oldest North End school, the predecessor of theEliot Grammar school in North Bennet Street. Farther down Prince Street is Christ Church, and in veryclose proximity is Copps HillBurying-Ground. These, thechief historical landmarks ofthe North End, are dear tothe hearts of all true Ameri-cans. Christ Church, knownthroughout our land as thechurch from whose steeplethe lanterns were displayed asa signal to Paul Revere of theBritish movements, — One ifby land, and t
A guide-book of Boston for physicians . f Prince and Mar-garet streets is the house where John Tileston lived,the popularmaster of the oldest North End school, the predecessor of theEliot Grammar school in North Bennet Street. Farther down Prince Street is Christ Church, and in veryclose proximity is Copps HillBurying-Ground. These, thechief historical landmarks ofthe North End, are dear tothe hearts of all true Ameri-cans. Christ Church, knownthroughout our land as thechurch from whose steeplethe lanterns were displayed asa signal to Paul Revere of theBritish movements, — One ifby land, and two if by sea,—faces Hull Street. It is theoldest church building in Bos-ton, having been erected in1723. It was solidly built, itsside walls being two and a halffeet thick. There are fourfloors to the tower, and fromthe top one General Gage wit-nessed the battle of BunkerHill and the burning ofCharlestown. There are eightbells in the tower, broughtover from Gloucester, England,in 1744, and these ring outthe most melodious chimes in. Soule Art Co., Photo. CHRIST CHURCH Boston to-day. The first spire was blown down in October, 1805,but was rebuilt exactly as the original from a model by the front of the steeple is this inscription, cut into brownstone: The original lanterns of Paul Revere displayed in thesteeple of this church, April 18, 1775, warned the country of the 108 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord. The in-terior of the church is but little altered. In front of the organ arefigures of the cherubim. These, and the brass chandeliers, werecaptured from a French ship and presented to the church in1758. The old prayer books are still in use, and the silvercommunion service includes several pieces presented by KingGeorge II in 1733. The clock below the rail has been in its placesince 1746. The earliest monument to Washington, a bust byHoudon, is here. Beneath the tower are a few old tombs, in oneof which the body o
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