. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... e-clared by Lafayette to be more likehim than any other portrait, stands inthe window by which NewTnan is sup-posed to have left the church afterhanging the lanterns. This is said to be the first public memo-rial erected to Washington. The ancient communion service,part of which was presented by King George II, is now kept atthe Museum of Fine Arts, but it is brought to the church onspecial occasions. The church has recently been restored,as far as possible, to the condition of its earliest is
. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... e-clared by Lafayette to be more likehim than any other portrait, stands inthe window by which NewTnan is sup-posed to have left the church afterhanging the lanterns. This is said to be the first public memo-rial erected to Washington. The ancient communion service,part of which was presented by King George II, is now kept atthe Museum of Fine Arts, but it is brought to the church onspecial occasions. The church has recently been restored,as far as possible, to the condition of its earliest is free, and a climb to the belfry is granted thosewho buy a church booklet. Old South Meeting-house stands on the cornerof Washington and M^lkSts. It is the second oldestChurch building in the John Winthrophad his home on the groundon which it stands and herehe died in 1649. The Old„ ,. ...^ .,„ ^ J South Society worshiped Hawthornes Wayside—Concord , r ^ i •, ^ a. Page 105 here from 1670 when its iirst Evacuation Monument Dorchester Heights South Boston Page 7. RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE 85 house was built, to 1875, when it moved to its new ])lace ofworship on Boylston St. In the first meeting-house BenjaminFrankhn was baptized, Jan. 17, 1706. In 1729 the presentbrick structure took the place of the first meetinj^house. Here,during pre-revolutionary days, were held meetings that weretoo large for Faneuil Hall. During the seige at Boston, theBritish used the church as a riding school, after burning thepulpit and the pews for firewood. The Old South Associationnow has the building under its care. The small fee asked forviewing the loan collection of Revolutiinary relics, colonialfurniture, and portraits is used for maintenance. Kings Chapel is at the comer of School and Tremont in 1688 was established the first Episcopal church of thetown. Opposition to it was so great that Governor Androshad to appropriate a part of the old burying ground in order t
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