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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9A_st-stephens-church_Boston-MA.html
The first building on this site wasThe New North Meeting Houseerected in 1714 and enlarged in 1730At the request of General Washington, March 28, 1776immediately following the evacuation of Boston by the BritishThe Reverend Andrew Eliot, then mini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G97_john-winthrop-nicholas-upsall-cotton-mather-john-hull_Boston-MA.html
John Winthrop 1588 - 1649In the early autumn of 1630, Winthrop and his company landed at the foot of Prince Street from Charleston. Thus was begun the settlement of Boston. The spirit of Winthrop is forever a challenge to America:"To avoid shipwre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8H_sir-william-phips-joseph-warren-john-manley-edmund-hartt_Boston-MA.html
Sir William Phips 1651 - 1695First Royal Governor of Massachusetts under the Charter of 1691. One of twenty-six brothers and sisters. A poor boy apprenticed to a ship's carpenter in the North End. In 1687 he recovered from a Spanish galleon sunken…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8G_john-tileston-to-those-men-of-the-north-end_Boston-MA.html
John Tileston 1735 - 1826Active patriot during the Revolution. Beloved master for more than seventy years of the North Writing School, now the Eliot School and teacher of many famous Bostonians. He lived and died on Margaret Street.To Those Men of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8E_samuel-tucker-increase-mather-edward-holyoke-edward-everett-christian-gullager_Boston-MA.html
Samuel Tucker 1747 - 1833High on the roll of the valiant fighting men of the Old Navy, he captured sixty-two enemy vessels, more than six hundred cannon, and three thousand prisoners. A pride to the North End, he lived on Fleet Street.Increase Mat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8D_john-greenwood-ann-pollard-harriot-keziah-hunt-charlotte-saunders-cushman_Boston-MA.html
John Greenwood 1729 - 1792Painter of Portraits and Mezzotint Engraver of a family long known in the North End as builders of ships. A nephew of Isaac Greenwood, first Hollis Professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard College. Born …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G89_christ-church_Boston-MA.html
The oldest church building in Bostonafter its spire was blown down in a galeOctober 1804the present spire, sixteen feet shorter than the originalwas erected under the supervision of Charles BulfinchIts peal of bellsthe first in Americahas rung in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G88_benjamin-franklin_Boston-MA.html
Printer, Scientist, Philanthropist,Diplomat and StatesmanA Man of Towering EminenceAs Publisher of Poor Richard's Almanache provided America in its upbuildingwith a practical Philosophyand enriched its common speechwith a wealth of proverbsHe beli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G87_the-men-of-the-north-end_Boston-MA.html
In honor ofThe men of the North Endwho at the call of their countryserved as volunteers inThe Spanish-American War1898In honor ofThe men of the North Endwho served their countryin theWorld War1917 - 1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIQ_the-sculptor_Boston-MA.html
The Shaw - 54th Regiment Memorial, the outstanding tribute to soldiers of the Civil War, was created by one of America's foremost sculptors, Augustus Saint Gaudens (1848 - 1907). Born in Dublin, of s French father and an Irish mother, he grew up i…