An historic tour; a pilgrimage to the birthplace of American liberty, and the homes of our foremost authors . ronze equestrian statue of Gen. Washington, the largestin the United States; also a monument commemorating thediscovery of ether, as an anaesthetic. Opposite the Public Gardens is the Arlington StreetUnitarian Church, noted throughout New England for itschimes and choir. It was presided over for many years byWilliam Ellery Channing, the celebrated Unitarian divine, astatue of whom may be seen opposite the church. On the corner of Berkeley and Boylston Streets is theBerkeley Building kn
An historic tour; a pilgrimage to the birthplace of American liberty, and the homes of our foremost authors . ronze equestrian statue of Gen. Washington, the largestin the United States; also a monument commemorating thediscovery of ether, as an anaesthetic. Opposite the Public Gardens is the Arlington StreetUnitarian Church, noted throughout New England for itschimes and choir. It was presided over for many years byWilliam Ellery Channing, the celebrated Unitarian divine, astatue of whom may be seen opposite the church. On the corner of Berkeley and Boylston Streets is theBerkeley Building known as the daylight building. Thebuilding of the Boston Society of Natural History on theopposite corner contains a mounted specimen of almost everyknown animal and bird and a library of five thousand are two of the ten buildings of the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, recognized as the finest technical school in 3 the United States. The first is the Rogers Building, namedafter the founder of the Institute. The next, the WalkerBuilding, was named for a former president of the RECTORY TRINITY CHURCH. COPLEY SQ. BOSTON We next enter Copley Square, named for the famousartist, John Singleton Copley. To the left is Trinity Churchand Rectory, designed by Henry H. Richardson, and presidedover for twenty consecutive years by the beloved PhilipsBrooks, whose statue may be seen in front of the church. Just beyond the church is the Hotel Westminster, ha\-ing the only roof cafe in New England. Next on the left isthe new Copley Plaza Hotel standing on the site of the oldMuseum of Pine Arts. The granite building is the Boston Public Library de-signed by Stanford White. It is the second largest circulat-ing library in the United States and in addition to its magni-ficent collection of books it contains many noted paintings byhistorictourpilg00busc
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