. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. 5th, 1712. July 20, 1713. The Post-Office occupied this corner in 1859, at which timeNalium Capen was postmaster; but remained only until thenext year, the site not being considered an eligible one. By the year 1728 Kings Chapel could not accommodate itsnumerous parishioners a,t the south part of the town, and stepswere taken to build an Episcopal church at the corner of Haw-17 Y 386 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. ley and Summer Streets. The corner-stone was not laid, liow-ever, until 1734, when Mr. Commissary Price of Kings Chapelofficiated at this cer
. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. 5th, 1712. July 20, 1713. The Post-Office occupied this corner in 1859, at which timeNalium Capen was postmaster; but remained only until thenext year, the site not being considered an eligible one. By the year 1728 Kings Chapel could not accommodate itsnumerous parishioners a,t the south part of the town, and stepswere taken to build an Episcopal church at the corner of Haw-17 Y 386 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. ley and Summer Streets. The corner-stone was not laid, liow-ever, until 1734, when Mr. Commissary Price of Kings Chapelofficiated at this ceremony. The next year it was openedfor worship. Among the first officers we find the familiarnames of Charles A2)thorp, Benjamin Faneuil, Philip Dumaresq,William Coffin, and Thomas Aston. Eev. Addington Daven-port, a brother-in-law of Peter Faneuil, who had been anassistant at Kings Chapel in 1737, was the first rector ofTrinity. The first building was of wood. It was ninety feet long, andsixty broad, without any external adornment. It had neither. OLD TRINITY CHURCH. tower norlile, nor win-dows in the low-er story of thefront. Therewere three en-trances in frontunprotected byporches. Theinterior wascomposed of anarch resting up-on Corinthianpillars withthe chancel wereTaken handsomely carved and gilded capitals. Insome paintings, considered very beautiful in their , Trinity might boast the handsomest interior ofany church in Boston of its time. In 1828 it was supplantedby the granite edifice seen in our view on the opposite page,Eev. John S. J. Gardiner laying the corner-stone. Trinity, likethe other Episcoj^al churches, has tombs underneath it. We do not learn that Trinity received any special marks ofroyal favor, such as were sliown to its predecessors, KingsChapel and Christ Church. To the former the king and queen(William and Mary) gave, besides the communion plate, a pul-pit-cloth, a cushion, and a painting which reached from the top FROM CHURCH GREEN TO LIBE
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