. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. PARK STREET CHURCH, BOSTON. 178 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. at $500,000. There is little more land in its lot than is occupiedby the building, yet it is valued at $320,000. The New Old SouthChurch, on the same square, is one of the most conspicuous edificesin the city. Its architecture is North Italian Gothic, and its abun-dant ornament gives it a somewhat oriental effect. The tall andrather striking tower (248 feet in height) has the appearance ofleaning slightly away from the main edifice. The building alone isvalued
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. PARK STREET CHURCH, BOSTON. 178 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. at $500,000. There is little more land in its lot than is occupiedby the building, yet it is valued at $320,000. The New Old SouthChurch, on the same square, is one of the most conspicuous edificesin the city. Its architecture is North Italian Gothic, and its abun-dant ornament gives it a somewhat oriental effect. The tall andrather striking tower (248 feet in height) has the appearance ofleaning slightly away from the main edifice. The building alone isvalued at $368,000. The Church of the Immaculate Conception, onHarrison Avenue, was dedicated in 1861. It is built of granite, andhas a brilliant interior finish wiLh a combination of Ionic and Corin-thian forms. The Boston College is connected with this buildings of the church and college cost about $350,000. The. TRINITY CHURCH, BOSTON. Cathedral of the Holy Cross, commenced in 1867, is one of themost spacious and splendid church edifices in the metropolis. Itwill contain about 5,000 people. The material is Roxbury of the towers, if completed according to design, will have analtitude of 300 feet; but there is some doubt regarding the safety ofthe foundation. The First Spiritual Temple, on the corner of Exeterand Newbury streets, is a handsome but somewhat curious struc-ture. It is built of brownstone, and is largely Romanesque in itsarchitecture. Its value is estimated at $200,000. BOSTOX. 179 The various sections of the present city of Boston have a historyof their own. Soon after its annexation in 1804, South Boston wasconnected with the city proper by a bridge across the channel at the Neck at Dover Street. It was opened in March of the sameyear with a military display and great civic pomp and circum-stance. The bridge was 1,550 feet long and its cost $50, a substantial i
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