Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . inging Signs. — First Universalist Chm-ch. — First Methodist. — New North. — Ship Tavern. — Noahs Ark. — Salu-tation Tavern. — The Boston Caucus. — The North Battery. — Trucks andTruckmen. WE now invite the reader to accompany us into the NorthEnd, a section of the town which hecame settled afterthe more central portion we have been traversing. It containsmore of its original features than any other quarter; many ofits old thorouglifares are but little altered, and retain theirancient names. As for the buildings, as we plunge deeper intothis re
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . inging Signs. — First Universalist Chm-ch. — First Methodist. — New North. — Ship Tavern. — Noahs Ark. — Salu-tation Tavern. — The Boston Caucus. — The North Battery. — Trucks andTruckmen. WE now invite the reader to accompany us into the NorthEnd, a section of the town which hecame settled afterthe more central portion we have been traversing. It containsmore of its original features than any other quarter; many ofits old thorouglifares are but little altered, and retain theirancient names. As for the buildings, as we plunge deeper intothis region, we shall find some ofthose old structures that still linkus to the olden time. Weather-stained, tottering, and decrepit asthey are, not many years willelapse before the antiquary willseek in vain for their relics. Imbedded in the rear wall of abuilding which fronts on HanoverStreet, and presents its westerlyside to Marshall Street, is the Boston Stone. Of the thon-sands who daily hurry through this narrow way, the greater. 144 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. part are unconscious of its existence. The stone bears thedate 1737, and seems to have got its name from the famousLondon Stone, which served as a direction for the shops in itsneiglihorhood, as did tlie Boston Stone for its vicinity. It wasbrought from England about 1700, and was used as a paint-mill b)- the painter who then occupied a little shop on thesepremises. The spherical stone wliich now surmounts its fellowwas the grinder, and Avas for a time lost, but was discovered indigging the foundation for the present edifice. The larger stoneis only a fragment of the original, which was split into fourpieces when placed in its present position. Its capacity is saidto have l^een nearly two barrels. Following the custom of the times, the painter placed in thefront of liis house the coat of arms carved in wood now in theHanover Street front, from which Ids dwelling was known asthe Painters Arms. Though it bears th
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