Boston illustrated; . , quaint old furniture, portraits of the New England fathers,and other interesting objects. It is open daily, and the entrance-fees go to-ward the preservation-fund. The Province House was on Washington Street near the Old South, nearlyopposite tlie head of Milk Street, and had a handsome lawn in front, embel-lished with oak-trees. It was a dignified brick building three stories high, witha long flight of stone steps leading up to a portico, from which the viceroysused to address the people. The edifice was erected in 1679, and in 1715 wasbouglit by the Province as a resi
Boston illustrated; . , quaint old furniture, portraits of the New England fathers,and other interesting objects. It is open daily, and the entrance-fees go to-ward the preservation-fund. The Province House was on Washington Street near the Old South, nearlyopposite tlie head of Milk Street, and had a handsome lawn in front, embel-lished with oak-trees. It was a dignified brick building three stories high, witha long flight of stone steps leading up to a portico, from which the viceroysused to address the people. The edifice was erected in 1679, and in 1715 wasbouglit by the Province as a residence for its governors, being well fitted there-for by the size and splendor of its interior and the agreeableness of its sur-roundings. Here Shute, Burnet, Shirley, Pownall, Bernard, Gage, and SirWilliam Howe held their vice-regal courts. After the siege of Boston thebuilding was occupied by State offices, and in 1811 it was given in endowmentto the Massachusetts General Hospital, whose trustees leased the estate to. 80 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. David Greenough for ninety-nine years. The new lessee erected a block ofstores in front, and the Province House idtiniately became a negro-niinstrelhall. In 1864 it was burned, and only the walls were left standing-, which arenow covered with mastic, and serve as the exterior of a new structure. Theold Province House was charmingly described by Hawthorne, in his Twice-Told Tales. The land along Washington Street, between Milk Street and Spring Lane,belonged originally to John Winthrop, who built his hovise thereon, in order tobe conveniently near the spring of clear water from which Spring Lane derivesits name. In the winter of 1775 Winthrops house was pulled down by theBritish troops, to be burnt at their camp-fires. Under its thatched roof thegovernor often entertained the envoys and chiefs of tlie adjacent Indian tribes,and conciliated them by diplomatic feasts. The remains of the Puritan saintare in the Kings Chapel Cemetery ; his statu
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