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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JSI_on-this-site-stood-the-home-of-john-singleton-copley_Boston-MA.html
On This Site Stood the Home of John Singleton Copley Distinguished Historical and Portrait Painter
Born in Boston 1737
Died in London 1815
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GA6_robert-mccloskey_Boston-MA.html
This sculpture has beenplaced here as a tribute to Robert McCloskeywhose story Make Way for Ducklings'has made the Boston Public Gardenfamiliar to children throughout the world1987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9Q_tremont-temple_Boston-MA.html
Tremont Temple was once the renowned Tremont Theater. Most of the famous actors, singers and lecturers of the day performed here. John Gilbert, Jenny Lind, Daniel Webster and Charles Dickens all made appearances.In 1843, the Theater became the Tem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9P_kings-chapel-and-beyond_Boston-MA.html
Around 1750, the present, stone version of King's Chapel replaced the wooden structure of 1688. King James II had ordered the wooden chapel built. It was the first Anglican church in Boston, erected on the old burying ground over strong Puritan ob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9N_welcome-to-bostons-old-city-hall_Boston-MA.html
This building served as Boston's City Hall from 1865 until 1969, when it was renovated for use as an office building.Boston's Old City Hall is one of the first examples of adaptive reuse. In the 1960's the concept of recycling out-dated public bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9M_electric-fire-alarm-system-1852_Boston-MA.html
On April 28, 1852, in Johnson Hall formerly on this site, the first municipal electric fire alarm system using call boxes with automatic signaling to indicate the location of a fire was placed into service. Invented by William Channing and Moses F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9L_site-of-the-first-meeting-house-in-boston-built-a-d-1632_Boston-MA.html
Preachers ? John Wilson ? John Eliot ? John CottonUsed before 1640 for town meetings and forsessions of the General Court of the Colony.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9K_the-boston-massacre_Boston-MA.html
On March 5, 1770, in the street before you, nine British soldiers were confronted by an angry mob."The soldiers did fire without orders and killed five of his Majesty's good subjects...How fatal are the effects of posting a standing army among a f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9J_tombs-and-monuments_Boston-MA.html
Throughout Copp's Hill Burying Ground are examples of tombs and monuments constructed to commemorate the dead. Table tombs or table-stones are elaborate markers of a grave's location. Usually there is a sepulcher underneath the marker holding the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9I_clough-house_Boston-MA.html
This graceful home was built around 1712 and managed to survive when all its neighbors—including the house that Ben Franklin owned next door—were torn down. This was the home of one of Boston's "substantial mechanicks," Ebenezer Clough…