Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . n a merchant whosename was Peter Faneuil. He it was who immortalizedhis name by the gift of the building to the town of Bos-ton, for a town hall and market place. It was the bestmonument to his memory that he could possibly havedevised. Faneuil Hall is a large, many-windowed struc-ture, of no particular order of architecture, surmountedby a cupola. The great hall to which you ascend (forthe lower story is not a market now, but is divided intostores) is seventy-six feet square, and twenty-eight high;round three sides runs a gallery, and
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . n a merchant whosename was Peter Faneuil. He it was who immortalizedhis name by the gift of the building to the town of Bos-ton, for a town hall and market place. It was the bestmonument to his memory that he could possibly havedevised. Faneuil Hall is a large, many-windowed struc-ture, of no particular order of architecture, surmountedby a cupola. The great hall to which you ascend (forthe lower story is not a market now, but is divided intostores) is seventy-six feet square, and twenty-eight high;round three sides runs a gallery, and Doric pillars sup- FANEUIL HALL. 11 port the ceiling. At the west end are several paintings—- one of Peter Faneuil in full length; another of Wash-ington by Stuart; and there has recently been * addedHealeys picture of Webster making his celebrated speechin reply to Hayne. Over the great hall is another, where military equip-ments are kept; and there are also various offices forcivic functionaries. Leaving Faneuil Hall at its eastern end, and crossing. Merchants Row, we arrive at the entrance of FaneuilHall Market. It is raised on a base of blue Quincy 12 BOSTON SIGHTS. granite, with arched windows and doors communicatingwith cellars. The length of the Market is five hundredand eighty-five feet nine inches, the width fifty feet, andbuilt entirely of granite. In the centre is a buildingseventy-four and a half by fifty-five feet, with projectingnorth and south fronts. At each end of the building areporticos. Over the Market proper is a second story, inthe centre of which is a hall seventy feet by fifty, crownedby a dome, and named Quincy Hall, after Josiah Quincy,former mayor of the city, and is but a fitting monumentof his genius. This hall and Faneuil Hall are united bya bridge thrown across the street once in three years, andin them the Massachusetts Mechanics Charitable Associa-tion holds its fair. The principal entrances to the corridor, where the mar-ket is held, are fro
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