At the request of General Washington, March 28, 1776
immediately following the evacuation of Boston by the British
The Reverend Andrew Eliot, then minister,
preached a sermon of thanksgiving
"In the presence of his Excellency and a respectable audience"
The present building was designed by
Charles Bulfinch in 1802
and its bell was cast by Paul Revere
It was enlarged and rededicated in 1875 as
St. Stephen's Church
under the Reverend George Foxcroft Haskins,
founder of the "House of the Angel Guardian" for Boys.
| HM Number | HM1G9A |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 7:43pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 330879 N 4692433 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.36578333, -71.05385000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 21.947', W 71° 3.231' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 21' 56.82" N, 71° 3' 13.86" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 617 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2-98 Paul Revere Mall, Boston MA 02113, US |
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