Illustrated Boston : the metropolis of New England containing also reviews of its principal environs . onstructing a wilderness into e beautiful pwlin tho Back Bay district, thereby adding much to the beauty of that section. THE METROPOLIS OF NEW ENGLAND. 39 THE STATE HOUSE. Whoso gilded dome is, as we have already said, the first object that strikes tho eye of thestranger approaching Boston in any direction by land or sea, stands majestically on tho highest point ofBeacon Hill, a fitting position for the capitol of the State. Ite foundations are more than one hundred feetabove water level. It
Illustrated Boston : the metropolis of New England containing also reviews of its principal environs . onstructing a wilderness into e beautiful pwlin tho Back Bay district, thereby adding much to the beauty of that section. THE METROPOLIS OF NEW ENGLAND. 39 THE STATE HOUSE. Whoso gilded dome is, as we have already said, the first object that strikes tho eye of thestranger approaching Boston in any direction by land or sea, stands majestically on tho highest point ofBeacon Hill, a fitting position for the capitol of the State. Ite foundations are more than one hundred feetabove water level. Its dome, which rises to an altitude one hundred aw ten feet, has, ever since it waireared, been a well-known land-mark in every direction; and since it was covered with gold leaf, in 1874, i*has been an object prominent above all its surroundings, and an ornament to the city. Near to the SteUHouse stood the old Hancock House, the residence of Governor Hancock of Revolutionary fame, and it waione of the noblest private mansions of the colonial period. It was razed in 1863, and private residences now. Washington Street, Looking North,occupy ite site. The site of the State House was Governor Hancocks pasture, and over ninety years hslipped by aiuce the town of Boston purchwed it and presented it to the State, On July 4, 1795, there «a pompous display of Puritan burghers, the Freemaeon. nmrching to the strains of bands of music to laycoVner stone of the State Howe, under Grand Master Paul Revere, and Governor Samuel Adams, not longkfore exiled for libertys sake, giving the speech of dedication. The stone itself was drawn up the steep slejof Beacon Hill by fifteen white horses, representing the number of States forming the Union. The mfice was erected under the direction of Charles Bulfinch, and in January, 1798, the member, of the LegulaWmarched in solemn precision from the Old State House, at the bead of State Street, end took po-***^the new capitol, which is a plain enough brick
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