Boston illustrated; . was or-ganized in 1669, in consequence of a curious theological quarrel in the FirstChurch. The first Old South meeting-house, erected in 1669, on the corner ofwhat are now Washington and Milk streets, stood for sixty years. It was ofcedar, and had a steeple. It was taken down in 1729, when the present build-ing was erected on the same spot. This now historic meeting-house is perhapsthe most noted church edifice in the United States. It is internally quamt andinteresting, although the old pulpit and the high box-pews have been removed,and the double tier of picturesque ga
Boston illustrated; . was or-ganized in 1669, in consequence of a curious theological quarrel in the FirstChurch. The first Old South meeting-house, erected in 1669, on the corner ofwhat are now Washington and Milk streets, stood for sixty years. It was ofcedar, and had a steeple. It was taken down in 1729, when the present build-ing was erected on the same spot. This now historic meeting-house is perhapsthe most noted church edifice in the United States. It is internally quamt andinteresting, although the old pulpit and the high box-pews have been removed,and the double tier of picturesque galleries are partly overlaid with portraitsand other antiques from the historic families of New England. But a tabletwhich stands above the entrance on the Washington Street side of the towergives concisely the main facts. The Old South is frequently mentioned on thepages devoted to the history of Boston before and during the Revolution. Whenthe meetings of citizens became too large to be accommodated in Faneuil Hall,. Custom-House. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 79 then much smaller than now, they adjourned to this church. Here JosephWarren stood and delivered his fearless oration, on the anniversary of themassacre of March 5, 1770, in defiance of the threats of those in authority, andin the presence of a marshalled sol-diery. Here vi^ere held the series ofmeetings that culminated in the de-struction of the detested tea, on whichthe determined colonists would pay notax. In 1775, the British soldiers oc-cupied this meeting-house as a riding-school, and place for cavalry established a grog-shop in thelower gallery, which they partiallypreserved for spectators of their rest of the galleries were torndown, and the whole interior wasstripped of its woodwork. The floorthey covered with about two feet ofdirt. In 1782 the building was thor-oughly repaired and put in very muchits late condition. The first Electionsermon was delivered in the Old SouthChurch in 1712, and the anc
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