Old South Meeting House, Boston

Old South Meeting House, Boston

Item Information

Title:
Old South Meeting House, Boston
Description:
Black and white photo of Old South Meeting House, Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Date:
[ca. 1850–1959]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Card photographs
Location:
New Bedford Free Public Library
Photograph Collection, Box 16, Folder 10 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Photograph Collection
Subjects:
Buildings
Churches
Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Old South Meeting House
Extent:
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 24 x 19 cm
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Notes:
Title from accompanying material.
Additional text from item: The Old South Meeting-House, On the corner of Washington and Milk Streets. Thomas Thacher was the first minister, settled in February, 1670. The first house was of wood and stood until 1729, when it was taken down to give place to the then new brick edifice. In the front was placed, in 1867, a tablet bearing the following inscription: "Old South. Church Gathered...1669. First House Built...1670. This House Erected...1729. Desecrated by British Troops, 1775-6." None of the city churches are so rich in historical associations at this. Here Lovell, Church, Warren and Hancock delivered their orations on the anniversary of the massacre. In the old church Benjamin Franklin was baptized. In this building was held the famous tea-party meeting, adjourned from Faneuil Hall because the crowd was too great to be contained there. The occupation of the Old South by troops was at the instance of Gen. John Burgoyne; it was his regiment, the Queen's Light Dragoons, that set up the riding school in the House of God, overthrowing its sacred memorials and transforming it into a circus..
Additional information from accompanying material: Mounted.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Accession #:
2010.001
Identifier:
2010.001.1571