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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12D2_john-quincy-adams_Boston-MA.html
John Quincy Adams Sixth president of the United States Lived in a house which stood on this site Here his sonCharles Francis AdamsWas born in 1807Minister to Great BritainDuring the Civil War 1861-5
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CZ_the-hull-mint_Boston-MA.html
Near this site stood first mint in the British colonies of North America. Prior to 1652, the Massachusetts financial system was based on bartering and foreign coinage. The scarcity of coin currency was a problem for the growth of the New England e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CP_emerson-majestic-theatre_Boston-MA.html
The Emerson Majestic Theatre is the only Boston building designed by nationally prominent architect John Galen Howard. Completed in 1903 for merchant an music patron Eben Jordan, it has been used for movies, opera and musical theater. Its monument…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CN_john-boyle-o-reilly_Boston-MA.html
John Boyle O'Reilly1844-1890Poet Patriot Orator
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129V_sargents-folly_Boston-MA.html
This Stone tower was part of the estate of Lucius Manlius Sargent. The owner of the property it sits on before Franklin Park Zoo was built.A folly is generally a nonfunctional building erected to enhance the landscape. Follies were first popular i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM128Z_flour-and-grain-exchange_Boston-MA.html
Originally a meeting hall for the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange was built on land donated by streetcar magnate Henry M. Whitney and completed in 1892. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge designed the tiered arches and rock-faced masonry which e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1238_south-station_Boston-MA.html
This 1898 headhouse was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor of firm to H.H. Richardson, as the earliest and last remaining example of classical revival style of railway architecture in Boston. Originally known as South Union Ter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11O3_court-of-the-assistants_Boston-MA.html
Near here, August 23rd 1630 Governor George Winthrop and members of the Massachusetts Bay Company organized the Court of Assistants forerunner of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11O0_u-s-s-boston_Boston-MA.html
U.S.S BostonFrom 1776 to tomorrowDedicated to all shipmates who served on the seven vessels named U.S.S. BostonJuly 2001
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M8_john-hancock-residence_Boston-MA.html
Here stood the residence of John Hancock: A prominent and patriotic merchant of Boston, the first signer of the Declaration of American Independence, and first governor of Massachusetts under the State Constitution.Erected 1737. Removed 1863.
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