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RM2AJ3CR0–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Boston and Vicinity.. CHAPTER XXIV. CAMBRIDGE. — OLD FORTIFICATIONS, HARVARD INSTITUTE,GORE HALL, AVASHINGTON HOUSE, RIEDESEL HOUSE,WASHINGTON ELM. — MOUNT AUBURN. Taking the cars from Bowdoiu Square, it takes but ashort time to be landed in Cambridge. At the corner ofluraan Street stands an old mansion, shaded by noble trees,find with an ample lawn in front. Previous to the Revolu-tion it was owned and occupied by Ralph Inman, a wealthytory, who was unceremoniously dispossessed, and his finehouse assigned as head quarters to the redoubt
RM2AJ3MFH–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . a mixture of elms and buttonAvoods.Mr. Paddock was a loyalist, left lioston in 177G, and set-tled in Nova Scotia, where his descendants still live. The Great Elm is one of the lions — perhaps thelion — of Boston Common. Still hale and strong, itstands about the centre of the green, and is supposed,from various data, to be upwards of two hundred yearsold. In 1825 it was sixty-five feet high, the circumference atthirty inches from the ground being twenty-one feet eightinches, and the spread of branches eighty-six feet. In1855 it was measur
RM2AJ36CD–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . -.j^ Swallows Cavf, is a passage eight feet high, tenwide, and seventy-two feet in length, opening into the sea.Formerly the swallows inhabited this cave in great num-bers, and built their nests in the irregularities of the rocksabove; but the multitude of visitors has frightened themaway. Continuing on our way, we reach BOSTON AND VICINHV. 255. Iiikxes Grotto, a tall arch, grotosque juid beautiful,leading to a large room in the rock, and one of the great-f^st curiosities on Nahant. Near by is the SteamboatWharf. The cut at the head of t
RM2AJ3932–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . y/l^«^ CHAPTER XXVI. WOODLAWN CKMETERY. ROCK TOWKK. WOOD POND. CHELSEA. XETHER- =^^=?5^^,. ^a.ai^^«<^ WooDLAWN Cemetery is aboutfour miles noi-th of Boston, and twomiles from Chelsea. Horse-cars forChelsea and Woodlawn leave ScollaysBuilding, Boston, crossing the ferryat the end of Hanover Street. Chel- 234 BOSTON AND VICINITY. -230 sea Ferry is situated at the eud of Hanover Street, andis cue mile and three-eighths long. The best mode of reaching Woodlawn now is to crossover the Chelsea Bridge or Chelsea Ferry, and after con-tinuing
RM2AJ3XPA–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CAST B08T0M.. / / EXPL4N4 TIONS / T/ie tnudlfiauj-es i/tdiccdc t/i£ loccUiii, of i/ic H^cuds Bouiuiajies KiUl Rvads istJicMrt/iSide. SeaU of Fut PREFACE. In submitting to the public a new editionof the Guide to Boston, it is proper to state,that free use has been made of material inMr. R. L. Midgleys valuable work (the copy-right of which has been purchased); thatportions of this material have been entirelyremodeled, and large additions have beenmade from the most authentic sources. To many friends who have kindly assistedin furnishing
RM2AJ3F2H–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . IBLE SOCIETY. The Mount-Vernon Clnirch, in Ashburtoii Place, waserected in 1843. The dinutisious of the building areseventy-five feet by ninety-.-^evcn, containing a hundi-L-dand thirty-two pews on the lower floor, and fifty in thegallery, in which twelve hundred and seventy personsmay be comfortably seated. Tiie basement story con-tains, besides the several committee-rooms, a commodi-ous chapel, sixty-eight feet long by forty-eight feet wide,and fifteen feet high, which accommodates six hundredpersons with seats. The Rev. Edward N. Kirk
RM2AJ34BK–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . -three feet wide is laid out from Walk Hill Street tothe boundary of the cemetery, where there is an entrancethrough a gate supported by Egyptian piers. This avenueis shaded on each side by thickly-growing evergreens, andfrom it the visitor enters at once upon one of the mostbeautiful i)arts of the cemetery. From the main entrance three avenues diverge towardsdifferent parts of the cemetery, that on the right, however,being designed to open into lands which have not yet been r.O.STOX ANU VICIXITV. added to the grounds. Chestnut Avenue, w
RM2AJ3C8B–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ind, on eachside of the way, spacious edifices, belonging to some for-mer day and generation ; extensive gardens, faims, andorchards, evidently of no modern date; and trees whosegiant forms were the gi-owth of years gone by. AVhobuilt these stately mansions, so unlike the usual New Eng-land dwellings of ancient days, with their spacious lawns,shaded by noble elms, and adorned with shrubbery ? Whowere the proprietors of these elegant seats, which arrestthe att(Mition and cliarm the eAe of the passing travellei-? BOSTON AM) VICINITY, •207
RM2AJ3A7H–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ff)rtli itsfew vessels of trade along the neighboring coasts, or occa-sionally to cross the Atlantic, come forth and stand besideus a moment, what a new and wonderful world would bepresented to his vision ! The statue of JM.vjoK-CiKNEHAL Joskpii Warren, byIlcury Dexter, in a building near tlie nionnment, wasiuaugm-ated on the fifth day of Jnne, l.SoJ. It is sevenfeet liigh, of the best Italian marble, and weiglied in llieblock about seven tons. It is draped in the eoistuiuc of UUSTON AXI> VICINITV. 22a the Revolutionary period, the mo
RM2AJ3MYA–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . niESR FAC-SIMILES OF THE MEMORIAL STONES OF?nil, WASHINGTON FAMILY, IN THE PARISH CHURCHOF lUilNOTON, THE BURIAL-PLACE OF THE SPENCERSNEAK ALTHOUl, NOUrilAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND, WEREPRESENTED HY IHE UIOHT HONORABLE EARL SPENCERTO CHARLES SUMNER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND BY HIMOFFERED TO THE COMMONWEALTH 22 FEBRUARY, 18(n. LAWRENCE WAS KATllEU, ANU KOHEUT IINCI.E, Or THE EN(;i.lSHEMIOKANT TO VIUOINIA, WHO WAS OKEAT GUANIHATHER OV (iEOUOKWASHINGTON.. HERE-LIETHTbE-BODlOF-LAVRENCE WASHiNGTON-SONNE-&-HEiRE-0F ROBERT-WASHiNGTON-OF-SOVLCRAE IN-TLE-
RM2AJ358B–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . nts Island. It was de-mised to Governor Winthrop in 1632, and for many yearsafter was called the Governors Garden. Here the UnitedStates government is building a fortress called Fort Win-throp. Its situation is very commanding, and in somerespects superior to Castle Island. It is a pleasing occupation, as we glide along, to watch •2(J8 BOSTON AND VICINITY. the outward-bound vessels, their canvas first becomingdim as tliey tend towards the distant horizon, and finallyblotted out in the misty obscurity of the sea distance.The imagination l
RM2AJ3MR4–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ne hundred and ninety-one feet seveninches; and on the rear of Mount Vernon-street, twohundred and six feet and five inches. From the founda-tion to the sunnuit, exclusive of railing, it is on Derne-street sixtv-six feet, and on the rear of Mount Vernon-•itreet forty-ihree feet high. This building is an immense basin, or reservoir. Itrests on arches of immense strength, fourteen and threefourths feet span. The basin holds 2,678,9(31 wine gal-lons of water. Two granite tablets are placed on the north side of th BOSTON AND VlCINIir. 71 Res
RM2AJ36JH–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . PuLiiT Rock, a huge mass of stone nearly twenty feetsquare, and rising full thirty feet above the yeasty billows.The upper portion of the rock bears a sti-iking resem-blance to a pile of books, with a seat opening in their22 K>A BOSTON AND VICINITr. midst; but the steepness of the crag renders the ascentvery ditRcuh, as the road to knowledge always has beenfound to be.. -.j^ Swallows Cavf, is a passage eight feet high, tenwide, and seventy-two feet in length, opening into the sea.Formerly the swallows inhabited this cave in great num-
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RM2AJ3XKE–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . I.Horticultural Building.—Great Organ . , 166 CHAPTER XXII.New-England Historic-Genkalogical Society. — Sons ofTemperance.—Washingtonian Home—Home for LittleWanderers 171 CHAPTER XXIII.BoTsox Hotels. —Charities.—Fire Telegraph 180 CHAPTER XXIV.Cambridge. — Old Fortifications. — Harvard Institute,Gore Hall, Washington House, Riedesel House, Wash-ington Elm. —Mount Auburn 197 via (JOXTENTS. CUAPTEli XXV. Bunker Hill.--Monument.—Statue of Gkn. Warren.—Na-vr Yard.— State Prison.—Harvard Monument 220 CHAPTER XXVI.Woodlawn Cemetery. —Rock Towe
RM2AJ3KR6–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . y, on Pleasant Street, is The Providence Railroad Depot, a fine brickstructure, and rather striking in its architecture. Theinterior arrangements are good, and unusually convenient.This road is forty-three miles in length, and, joined withthe Stonington Line, which is properly a continuationof it, connects Boston with Long Island Sound. Thebranch roads uniting with this are the Dedham, Stough-ton, Taunton, and Attleboro roads. Cars leave the depot in Boston for Providence daily,stopping at Roxbury, which is two miles from the city,Jamaic
RM2AJ3W0J–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Passing up State Street, we soon reach The Exchange.It is a splendid building, fronting on State Street. Thecorner stone was laid August 2, 1841 ; the building com-pleted 1842, and cost, exclusive of land, S17<j,0()0. Thewidth on State Street is seventy-six feet, the height seventj l.(»sr()N AND VI( INITY. 15 feet, the depth two hundred and fifty feet, and it coversthirteen thousand feet of land. The front is of Quincy granite, and has six column?,each forty-five feet in height, and weighing fifty-five tons.The staircases are of iron
RM2AJ3DTJ–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ting flie interests ofthis order, are a guaranty that wliat is done will be welldone. Their principal officers for the preseut yeai- are,Isaac W. May, G. W. P. ; Samuel W. Hodges, G. Scribe; The AVashingtonian Home, which is represented onthe following page, is located at No. 887 WashingtonStreet, near the corner of Dover Street. It was origi-nally organized Nov. 5, 1857, and incorporated MarchliG, 18o9. It is an asylum for inebriates, and for thoseunfortunates who require some extraneous assistance toenable them to break the ties with w
RM2AJ335F–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . sto be one of the chief beauties of Forest Hills. It lies ashort distance east of Fountain Hill, and is approached byavenues from different parts of the cemetery. In it twoislands have been formed, one of which contains a copiousand never-failing spring of crystal w^ater, which gushes upthrough the pebbly bottom of a little basin. About theisland birches are planted, and willows are trained acrossthe rustic bridge by which it is reached. This island is afavorite resort for visitors, who gather here to watch thegraceful swans and the snow
![Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER V. BOSTON ATIIKN.KCM. —Cl.VH HOUSES.. ^•3// The majniifioont ])uiltlinji for tlio use of the BostonAthkn.ki M is sitiKitcd on licm-oii Street, near tlic SlateHouse. It is of Iatieisoii freestone, and in tlie Pallad.an40 BOSTON AND VICINITY, 41 Style of architecture. It is one hundred and fourteen feetni length, of irregular breadth, sixty feet in iieight, andstands ten feet back from the street, tlie ground space inifont being surrounded by a balustrade with stone coping.The main entrance opens into a panelled and decoratedrotund Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJ3R1M/guide-to-boston-and-vicinity-with-maps-and-engravings-chapter-v-boston-atiiknkcm-clvh-houses-3-the-majniifioont-uiltlinji-for-tlio-use-of-the-bostonathknki-m-is-sitikitcd-on-licm-oii-street-near-tlic-slatehouse-it-is-of-iatieisoii-freestone-and-in-tlie-palladan40-boston-and-vicinity-41-style-of-architecture-it-is-one-hundred-and-fourteen-feetni-length-of-irregular-breadth-sixty-feet-in-iieight-andstands-ten-feet-back-from-the-street-tlie-ground-space-inifont-being-surrounded-by-a-balustrade-with-stone-copingthe-main-entrance-opens-into-a-panelled-and-decoratedrotund-2AJ3R1M.jpg "Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER V. BOSTON ATIIKN.KCM. —Cl.VH HOUSES.. ^•3// The majniifioont ])uiltlinji for tlio use of the BostonAthkn.ki M is sitiKitcd on licm-oii Street, near tlic SlateHouse. It is of Iatieisoii freestone, and in tlie Pallad.an40 BOSTON AND VICINITY, 41 Style of architecture. It is one hundred and fourteen feetni length, of irregular breadth, sixty feet in iieight, andstands ten feet back from the street, tlie ground space inifont being surrounded by a balustrade with stone coping.The main entrance opens into a panelled and decoratedrotund Stock Photo")
RM2AJ3R1M–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER V. BOSTON ATIIKN.KCM. —Cl.VH HOUSES.. ^•3// The majniifioont ])uiltlinji for tlio use of the BostonAthkn.ki M is sitiKitcd on licm-oii Street, near tlic SlateHouse. It is of Iatieisoii freestone, and in tlie Pallad.an40 BOSTON AND VICINITY, 41 Style of architecture. It is one hundred and fourteen feetni length, of irregular breadth, sixty feet in iieight, andstands ten feet back from the street, tlie ground space inifont being surrounded by a balustrade with stone coping.The main entrance opens into a panelled and decoratedrotund
RM2AJ3BKP–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . linked with the noblest themes that everawakened the inspiration of a child of ^onG. This mansion stands upon the npjx^r of two terraces,which are ascended each by five stone steps. At eachfront corner of the house is a lofty elm, mere saplingswhen Washington beheld them, but now stately and patri-archal in appearance. Other elms, with flowers and shrub-bery, beautify the grounds around it; wiiile within, icono-clastic innovation has not been allowed to enter with itsmallet and trowel, to mar the work of the ancient builder,and to cover
RM2AJ3TFM–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . abroad and at home. Not a steamer arrives but we heraldthe news. And then, as the folds roll out with an indig-nant flap, they seem to flirt out that the last news fromEurope or Washington was not to their hking; then theystop, and leave us to search in the papers they severally UoSTOX AND ViriMIV. 1 i> represent for particulars ; and it is no easy job to make aselection ; for there is the Journal, Traveller, Transcript,Advertiser, Post, Commercial Bulletin, Herald, and Iknow not how many others, whose shadows do not fallon the hundre
RM2AJ383W–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . it was taken under the patronage ofthe state; it was patronized by the wealthy, and enabledto obtain a permanent local habitation and a name. The terms of admission are as follows: the childien of21* 2-JU BO.^iON VNK VK.IMTV. citizens of Massachusetts not absolutely wealthy, fnc;others at the rate of one hundred and sixty dollars a year,which covers all expenses except for clothing. Applicantsmust be under sixteen years of age. Adults are notreceived into the institution proper, but they can board inthe neighboihood, and be taught trades
RM2AJ40P9–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Stereotyped by C. J. Peters & Son,13 Washington Street, Boston. IJ >f .. M kcy j; ? >^ KK jjjBim^)i}>,), I ^5^ 3*7
RM2AJ34XY–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . rounds, and in the valleys or thewoods many a nook may be observed where cottages maynestle, while all around are springing up elegant villas,and pleasant grounds mark the progress of taste andrelinenient. But from no direction is the cemetery notice-able at a)iy distance, except perhaps on the south-easternside. It is shut out from the world, a calm retreat, thoughnear the rapid tide of life. The main entrance to the cemetery is reached from thehighway, Scarborough Street,*by a broad avenue, whichcurves up a gentle ascent, till it reach
![Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . dence Depots or by horse cars ; but it will befound more pleasing to go by horse cars, and return inthe steam cars. As the car rolls along, we can catch ahasty view of Williams Market, of the high stone wallsof the Cemetery^ and of Blackstove, Fran]di?i, and Worces-ter Squares, and Chester Park. The former {Blackstone Square) on the west side ofWashington Street, beyond No. 773, containing one hun-dred and five thousand feet of land, and now laid outwith young trees, is an ornament to this portion ofthe city. The fence is constructed of Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJ353A/guide-to-boston-and-vicinity-with-maps-and-engravings-dence-depots-or-by-horse-cars-but-it-will-befound-more-pleasing-to-go-by-horse-cars-and-return-inthe-steam-cars-as-the-car-rolls-along-we-can-catch-ahasty-view-of-williams-market-of-the-high-stone-wallsof-the-cemetery-and-of-blackstove-fran-dii-and-worces-ter-squares-and-chester-park-the-former-blackstone-square-on-the-west-side-ofwashington-street-beyond-no-773-containing-one-hun-dred-and-five-thousand-feet-of-land-and-now-laid-outwith-young-trees-is-an-ornament-to-this-portion-ofthe-city-the-fence-is-constructed-of-2AJ353A.jpg "Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . dence Depots or by horse cars ; but it will befound more pleasing to go by horse cars, and return inthe steam cars. As the car rolls along, we can catch ahasty view of Williams Market, of the high stone wallsof the Cemetery^ and of Blackstove, Fran]di?i, and Worces-ter Squares, and Chester Park. The former {Blackstone Square) on the west side ofWashington Street, beyond No. 773, containing one hun-dred and five thousand feet of land, and now laid outwith young trees, is an ornament to this portion ofthe city. The fence is constructed of Stock Photo")
RM2AJ353A–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . dence Depots or by horse cars ; but it will befound more pleasing to go by horse cars, and return inthe steam cars. As the car rolls along, we can catch ahasty view of Williams Market, of the high stone wallsof the Cemetery^ and of Blackstove, Fran]di?i, and Worces-ter Squares, and Chester Park. The former {Blackstone Square) on the west side ofWashington Street, beyond No. 773, containing one hun-dred and five thousand feet of land, and now laid outwith young trees, is an ornament to this portion ofthe city. The fence is constructed of
RM2AJ3TNP–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . k, stands the Old State House,at the head of State Street, having one front on Washing-ton Street. It retains to the present day many of thearchitectural peculiarities of the period when it was built,especially that pait looking towards the harbor. On itssummit are signal staffs, where are displayed the flags ofdifferent merchants when their ships are approaching thecity, and a modern clock decorates State Street end.The lower stoiy is now converted into stores and lawyersand editors offices; and wdiere the General Court of theProvince o
RM2AJ3PP9–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . help mentioning Dante and Beatrice,by Ary SchoclFcr, and St. Peters release from Prison, byAUston. The gallery is well worthy of frequent visits,and will doubtless do much to promote the progress of art in Boston. Admittauce thirty cents, the Sculpture Gallery in-cluded. Proceeding towards the State House, a few steps bringus to the large house, corner of Beacon and Park Streets,a mansion interesting from the fact that it was fitted upwhen a club-house for the accommodation of GeneralLafayette and his suite, when the illustrious friend o
RM2AJ3EHG–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . r their temporal wants. Services areheld at the chapel ev-eiy Simday, both in the morningand evening : theie is also a weekly prayer-meeting. P^ree Chiuch of St. iMarys, Rev. J. P. Robinson, rec-tor. Sunday service : morning prayer and service atquarter-past ten, a.m. ; evening prayer and sermon athali-past seven, p.m. ; and an evening prayer and lectureon Fridav evening. Sunday school: two sessions, begin-ning at nine, a.m., and half-past two, p.m. The Sundayschool coutituies to enjoy its wonted prosperity, under ex-cellent and otricien
RM2AJ3G7N–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . twentv miles. Groton thirty-five miles, and Fitchbnrg fiftymiles from l>o-ton. Coits Hill, not far from tlie Fitcliburg Dejiot. wasformerly called Snow Hill. It came into the possessionof the Ancient and Ilonyrable Artillery Company; andwhen, in 177;), they were tinbidden by General Gage toparade un the Conuiion, they went to this, theii- own noSiON AND VICIMTV. 11, J ground, ami diilkil in detiance of his threats. The ibrt,or battery, that was built there by the British, just beforethe buttle ol Bunker Hill, stood near the brow of th
RM2AJ3B0B–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . thecoming generations of his invaluable services and labors. Mount Aluijrn. — The cemetery of Mount Auburn,justly celebrated as the most interesting object of the kindin our country, is situated in Cambridge and Watertown,about four and a half miles from the city of Boston, andone and a quarter miles west of Harvard UniAersity. Itincludes upwards of one hundred acres of land, purchasedat diffei-ent times by th(; Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-ety, extending from the main road nearly to the banks ofCharles River. A portion of the land n
RM2AJ3GTA–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . actories, of which the glass works are the mostimportant. Somcrvillc, thre(^ miles distant. Medford, five miles from Boston, is at the head of navi-gation on the Mystic River, and noted for its ship building. Woburn, ten miles, has a varied and pleasing aspect,and contains ^ome beautiful farms. Horn Pond, m this110 BOSTON AM) Vl< IMTV. 1 1 I town, is a delightful sheet of water, surrounded by ever-greens, and is so remarkable ior its rural beauties as toattract many visitors from a distance. Wilmington is fifteen miles, Billerica nine
RM2AJ38KY–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . -, and the soil is notungrateful for the care of the husbaiuhnan. The town isbuilt principally on a broad street, and in about the centreof it is the green on which the monument stands. It is. built of granite, and has a marble tablet on the south irontof the pedestal, with the following inscription : — Sacred to the Liberty and the Rights of Mankind !!! The Freedomand Independence of America — sealed and defended with the blood ofher sons. This Monmncnt is erected by the Inhabitants of Lexington,under the patronage and at the expense of
RM2AJ39GT–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . )n.-hed scholars educated at Harvard CoHege, dehv-ered an appropriate and eloquent address.. y/l^«^ CHAPTER XXVI. WOODLAWN CKMETERY. ROCK TOWKK. WOOD POND. CHELSEA. XETHER- =^^=?5^^,
![Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Prince. It is a preciousroll(;ction, containing many standard works in church his-tory, biblical literature, valuable pamphlets, and manu-scripts. For nearly one hundred years this has been thepublic libiary of that church, and accessible to any per-son desirous of using it for literary purposes. The Biuthplack of Franklin w^as where the blockof stores now stands that bear the inscription. On thats])ot, under the very shadow of the Old Souths tall spire,the printer, the legislator, the philosopher, the inimorialFraukliu, was born, whose Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJ3TBN/guide-to-boston-and-vicinity-with-maps-and-engravings-prince-it-is-a-preciousrollction-containing-many-standard-works-in-church-his-tory-biblical-literature-valuable-pamphlets-and-manu-scripts-for-nearly-one-hundred-years-this-has-been-thepublic-libiary-of-that-church-and-accessible-to-any-per-son-desirous-of-using-it-for-literary-purposes-the-biuthplack-of-franklin-was-where-the-blockof-stores-now-stands-that-bear-the-inscription-on-thats-ot-under-the-very-shadow-of-the-old-souths-tall-spirethe-printer-the-legislator-the-philosopher-the-inimorialfraukliu-was-born-whose-2AJ3TBN.jpg "Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Prince. It is a preciousroll(;ction, containing many standard works in church his-tory, biblical literature, valuable pamphlets, and manu-scripts. For nearly one hundred years this has been thepublic libiary of that church, and accessible to any per-son desirous of using it for literary purposes. The Biuthplack of Franklin w^as where the blockof stores now stands that bear the inscription. On thats])ot, under the very shadow of the Old Souths tall spire,the printer, the legislator, the philosopher, the inimorialFraukliu, was born, whose Stock Photo")
RM2AJ3TBN–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Prince. It is a preciousroll(;ction, containing many standard works in church his-tory, biblical literature, valuable pamphlets, and manu-scripts. For nearly one hundred years this has been thepublic libiary of that church, and accessible to any per-son desirous of using it for literary purposes. The Biuthplack of Franklin w^as where the blockof stores now stands that bear the inscription. On thats])ot, under the very shadow of the Old Souths tall spire,the printer, the legislator, the philosopher, the inimorialFraukliu, was born, whose
RM2AJ3N4H–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . nt story is of rusticated dressed granite, and the others of brick. Alarge amount of iron is used in the structure, which givesit an air of grandeur and solidity. Visitors to the cupola are required (o inscribe theirnames on a register. For the enlargement of the iState House, the city islargely indebted to the activity and perseverance of theHon. F. Brinley, then a senator from Suffolk County. One of llie first objects that attract the attention ofa stranger, on entering the State House, is the statue 68 BOSTON A^fi.) VICINITY, of Washi
RM2AJ363M–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . auty. But. however delightful Xahant may appear in sum-mer, it is surpassed by the grandhing into the roughgoiges — thundering in the subterranean caverns of rocks,and throwing the whiti; ioam and spray, hke vast columnsof smoke, hundreds of feet in the air, above the tallestciifls — an appearance is presented which the wildestunagination cannot surpass. Then the ocean — checkedin its headlong career by a simple bar of sand — as if22* 258 BOSTON AXU VICrNITY. mad with its detention, roars like protracted thunder; andthe wild sea birds, b
RM2AJ3M8N–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . SUMMEn EtM. There wa? once a powrlor niMprnzino near this tree, onthe little hill at wImvc font it stands. Tliis hill. also, diir-,n?r f!u ••io!?(> of l^oston. wms the site of a British fortifica-tion, bombarded by Washington. BOSTON AND VICINITY, 77 III the war of 1812 its existence was endangered by theeneampmenl around it of American troops, destined toprotect tlie town. It lias often been exposed to injury bytlie custom of hanging and burning elfigics upon its giantbranches; and many lurbuh-nt occasions, on Election andIndependenc
RM2AJ3P8K–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . red members, o<i(fupying the buildingat the corner of Beacon and Somerset Streets. Severalof the members of the old Quarantine Club assisted toform the Temple Club, formerly located on Temple Ave-nue, and which now, consisting of about two hundredmembers, occupies a handsome edifice erected for thepurpose on Vvcst Street. Another Tremont Club suc-ceeded that on Tremont Row. At the beginning of thelate civil war, the Union Club was organized, and is flour-ishing, with several hundred members ; and there hasbeen more recently formed ano
RM2AJ38DH–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . rty, and Independence ofthe United States of America was their glorious Reward. Built in theyear 1799. Concord is a pleasant little village, and lies upon th^.Concord River, one of the chief tributaries of the Merri-mac, near the junction of the Assabeth and SudburyRivers. Its Indian name was Musketaquid. On accountof the peaceable manner in which it was obtained, bypurchase, of the aborigines, in 1635, it was named Con-cord. At the north end of the broad street, or common,is the house of Colonel Daniel Shattuck, a part of which,built in
RM2AJ3D01–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . u ^ „ ^ . „ I -. Boston and Vicinity.
RM2AJ35G4–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . On the west side of the wall a tombstone stands, beneathwhich sleeps the good old Edward Pursley, whose spirit,. BOSTON AND VICINnY. 267 we ti-ust, has spent nearly a century in heaven. There islikewise an ancient slab, small, of red sandstone, bearingthe name of Nathaniel Ely, but no date, and, stranger torelate, no epitaph! But turning the western flank of abattery that fronts on the channel towards the city, Ave be-hold a different monument, each of whose four faces bearsan inscription. Here, the name —an otficer of U. 8.Light Artille
RM2AJ3AM5–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . zontal slab to thememory of jM. W. B., and a little north-west of the pub-lic lot, on Eglantine Path, is the sculptured figure ofChrist blessing little chil(b( ii; a little to the ea>t of thatis the Ford monunicnt. Faith wiih (Ik- Cross, and theFuller monument. Keturn through the south part ofCypress Avenue, where is a monument to Samuel Story,Jr., on Lupine Path; then turn round to the left, intoCedar Avenue, leading to the north, whcie are monumentsto Gridley, Ilayward, Benjamin, and others; continue tothe right hand, through part o
RM2AJ33E8–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . NKETH OF THIS WATEU WILL THIIIST AGAIN : BIT THii WATEU THAT I SHALL GIVE WILL BE IN HIM A WELL OF WATER SPRINGIXG UP INTO EVERLASTING LIFE. From this vicinity two avenues lead up, through naturaldepressions, to the higher plain of the cemetery, one oneach side of Mount Dearborn. The eastern side of thishill is very rough and precijjitous, huge boulders beingpiled one above another, in fantastic shapes, clothed withshrubbery which grows in the fissures of the stones, andsliaded by trees which have found root beneath them. From the Founta
RM2AJ36WC–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Castle Rock. The Imttlements, buttresses, turrets,and embrasures of an ancient castle ere sc faithfully rep • * A ULlit hou-ii has been erpctpd on this rock. BOSTON AND VICINITY^ 2r)3 resented by this immense pile of rocks, that one almostwaits for tiie wardens challenge or the trumpets blastand expects to see the square openings (so like doors midwindows) peopled with armed men. In Caldkon Cliff the water boils with tremendousforce and fury during great storms ; and in RoaringCavern the sound is distinctly heard. Crossing Natu-ral Bridg
RM2AJ3JT9–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . as also <iuarries of stone, which are becoming yearlynjore valuable. Natick, seventeen miles distant fioni the city, (called bythe Indians the place of hills,) is watered in part byCharles River; it contains ,-everal delightful ponds, wellstored with fish. The southern part of Long Pond is inthis town, and is seen from tlie cars while passing. Thefirst Indian church in New England was established hei-ein 16G0, under the direction of the apostle Eliot. Framingham, twenty-one miles from Boston, has theSudbury River passing through its c
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RM2AJ3H6B–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER XIII. LOWELL DEPOT. EASTERN RAILROAD DEPOT. FITCH-BURG DEPOT, COPPS HILL. MAINE DEPOT. The Boston and Lowell Depot, in CausewayStreet, is a plain brick building, with no pretensions toarchitectural elegance. The length of the road proper istwenty-six miles. The branch road connecting is theWobura Branch. The towns passed through on the roadto Lowell are, — EasL Cambridge, a flourishing ])lace, with many exten--.ive manufactories, of which the glass works are the mostimportant. Somcrvillc, thre(^ miles distant. Medford, five miles
RM2AJ3CGR–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ICIMIT. same spirit of progress which made it necessary to cut aroad through another old fort, a little beyond the one justmentioned, on the opposite side of the way. The landnever having been required for building purposes, thisredoubt continued in a good state of preservation, and itsembankment and fosse were plainly distinguishable. Still following the Main Street, it is not long before. the turrets of Gore Hall — the library building of thevcr ity — come in sight, and a side glimpse of the oilier college buildings is obtained throu
RM2AJ3J18–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . The stage side of the theatre is on Mason Street, andthe doors and arches, breaking the sameness of the brickwall, comprise a passage leading to the cari)enters shop BOaJON AM) VICINITT. 101 and steam work?, a set of double doors for the introduc-tion of horses, carriages, &,c., shouhl such ever be requiridfor the purposes of llie stage, a [trivate door for the u.-eof the actors, anil an audience entrance at the corner ofthe building nearest West Street.. Close to the entrance on Washington Street is the Me-lodeon, a small, comfortable h
RM2AJ3W90–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ts of steps lead to the principal story, land-ing in two smaller vestibules therein, lighted by skylightsin the roof; and these vestibules communicate with all theapartments in this story. The several rooms are for thecollector, assistant collector, naval officer, surveyor, publicstorekeeper, their deputies and clerks. The grand cross-sliaped rotunda, for the general business of the collectorsdepartment, in the centre of this story, is finished in theGrecian Corinthian order. It is sixty-three feet in itsgreatest length, fifty-nine feet
RM2AJ3K98–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . e country, and is but little be-hind the largest. The average of lendings of books ibrhome use was GG3 a day the year round. It is stated thatsometimes more than 2,000 persons a day visit the Libraryfor literary purposes, besides those who go from mere cu-riosity. The building is open from nine, a.m. to ten, p.m.every day. The privileges of the institution are entirelyfree to all the citizens of Boston. The institution hasfrom the first met the favor of the people ; and it has beencherished more and more as its benefits have been widelyk
RM2AJ3HNC–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . Close to the entrance on Washington Street is the Me-lodeon, a small, comfortable hall, used for reli.Lnous pur-poses, panoramic and other exhibitions. 9 *. CHAPTER XII. MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. LOWELL INSTI-TUTE. OPERA-HOUSE. BRATTLE-STREET CHURCH. BOWDOIN SQUARE. The Mercantile Library Association occupies thesecond floor iu Mei-cantile Building, at the corner oCHawley and Summer Streets ; the main entrance beingfrom the latter. The rooms occupied by this Associationare divided as follows, — Rcading-ioom, Library, andLecture-hal
RM2AJ3NF9–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . . 4fch WednesdaySt. Bernard Encampment . .1st Friday.St. Omar Encampment, South Boston 1st Monday. Grand l.,od;ze, 2(1 Wi-dnesday in December, March, June, and Sej)tember; 27th December, annually.Grand Chai)ter, Tuisday preceilinj; (i. L. Meetings.Grand Council, Tuesday preceding G. L. Meetings.Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in May and October.Convention of High Priests, 3(1 Monday in September. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Ili!e. Boston Grand Lodge of Perfection, . 3d Friday. Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, . 3
RM2AJ35RF–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . persons, that puttingconfidence in their ships and sails, shall offer any injury tothe people, or contemn their Government; and they havecertain signals of alarums, which suddenly spread throughthe whole country. By these alarums is meant the can-non and beacon light upon the great natural pinnacle ofBeacon Hill. It was afterwards rebuilt with pine trees and earth. Ina short time this also became useless, and a small castlewas built, with brick walls, and had three rooms in it; adwelling room, a lodging room over it, and a gun roomover t
RM2AJ3WWM–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER II. PANEUIL HALL. FANEUIL HALL MARKET. CUSTOM HOUSE. — EXCHANGE. — OLD STATE HOUSE.. Faneuil Hall is ofteu by Bostonians and otliers styled ••The Cradle of American Liberty. Not to Bos- 7 8 BOSTON AND VICINITY. ton alone, but to the entire country, does it seem tobelong; for in the annals of America it holds a fore-most and most honorable position. Within its wallssome of the tinest speeiniens of American eloquence thathave been heard from the days of Washington to thoseof Webster were delivered. When despotism threatenedthe colo
RM2AJ3898–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . , natural philosophy, natui-al 0!)=f^. history, and physiology. They are carefully instructed inthe theoiy and practice of vocal and instrumental music.Besides this they are taught some handicraft work bywhich they may earn their livelihood. In this institution,for the first time m the worlds history, successful attemnts liOSTOX AND VIOINITV. 24;) were niatle to break through the double walls in whichblind deaf niute.s are innmired, and to teach them a sys-tematic kujjiu.age lor cumnumioii with their fellow-men.Laura Bridgman and Oliver
RM2AJ3T53–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . , or by the many-folde and horrible dangers of thelande, I wyl surely not leave your company. There cau 34 UOSTON AXl) VICINITV. no peryll channce to me so terrible, nor any kinde ofdeath so oruell, that shall not be mueh ea-ier for me toabyde than to live so farre separate from you. She eame to the wilderness, illumined it l>y her love,lier piety, her charities and faith, and died in the thenmere village of Salem. Not one of those who had knownlier but wept bitterly at the event. It was as if all theflowers of the garden should hang
RM2AJ3P4N–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . -five feet high, formed of seven blocks of Quincygranite, each weighing about six tons; and the name of Frankhn can be easily read from the street. Thestranger often stops to gaze at the flowers blooming among. tiiose gra} old tombstones, or to i-ead the time-worn inscrip-tions of the mourned ones virtues — virtues perhaps notvisible during life, but known and read of all men whenthey have passed away. Nearly across the street from here is The Nkav Music Hall. — Until within the last fewyears, although a musical peojde, the city Avas sad
RM2AJ3AC0–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . inders, iron filings, and Spring-field hydraulic cement. The base of the obelisk is thirtyfeet square; at the spring of the apex, fifteen feet. In-side of the shaft is a round, hollow cone, the outside diam-eter of which at the bottom is ten feet, and at the top, sixfeet. Around this inner shaft winds a spiral flight ofstone steps, two hundred and ninety-five in number. Inboth the cone and shaft are numerous little aperturesfor the purposes.of ventilation and light. The observa-tory or chamber at the top of the monument is seventeenfeet
RM2AJ3E9K–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . naugurated on Monday evening. Nov.2, 1863, and cost above fifty thousand dollars. In gazing upon the grand case of the instrument, orthe organ-house (orgd-r/chause^^ as the Germans call it,the first impression is that of perfect symmetry and har-mony, both in its component parts and its relations to thehall. The structure may be generally divided into tAvogrand parts ; the upper portion containing the pipes, andthe lower portion, or base, supporting the many columns.The facade, Avhich is about fifty feet wide, sliows fourgrand towers, tw
RM2AJ3WP6–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . o immortalizedhis name by the gift of the building to the town of Bos-ton, for a town hall and market place. It was the bestmonument to his memory that he could possibly havedevised. Faneuil Hall is a large, many-windowed struc-ture, of no particular order of architecture, surmountedby a cupola. The great hall to whicli you ascend (forthe lower story is still a market and is divided intostalls) is seventy-six feet square, and twenty-eight high;round three sides runs a gallery, and Doric pillars sup-port the ceiling. At the west end are s
RM2AJ3RG3–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . eets,stands the Boston Muski;m, lion. Mosms Kimball pro-prietor. It is a spacious buildini^, three stories high ; itsfront adorned I)y balconies, and iovs of glass globes,wliicli, at night, are illuminated by gas. We reach the interior by a bold flight of stairs, at thesummit of which is the entrance to the Hall of Cabi-NKTS, which is surrounded l)y a gallery, and whose ceil-ing is supported by noble Corinthian |iill;iis. Along thegallery are arranged portraits of celebrated Americans.On the floor of the hall are statuary and works of a
RM2AJ371X–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . 2i^2. BOSTON AND VICINITY. Stand, Egg Rock rises abruptly from the sea to the hei;ihtof eighty-six feet. Its sliape is oval, and on its summitthe gulls (U[)osit their eggs in abundance, whence it takesits name.* Passing the luox JMi:>K, (a huge black ledge,)we reach Thk Spouting Hokn. Here the water, afterbeing driven through a rocky tunnel one hundred feet inlength into a deejj cavern, is spouted forth in wild sheetsof foam and si)ray, while the Atlantics billows seem tojar the solid rocks with thundering sound, and shake thevery cra
RM2AJ3XC6–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . aver around the council-fire. But a truce to the past;it is Dock-square, and nothing else, now. In lieu of groves or glades, we have a busy, openspace, with labyrinthine thoroughfares leading into and outof it. Bustling, anxious-faced men are to be seen thereat all hours of the day, rushing hither and thither, intenton dollars and dimes. House and hotel keepers payflying visits to the market close by; visitors from all partsof the States look curiously at the Cradle of Liberty ; omnibuses rush along, distracting perilled pedestrians; BOS
RM2AJ3B52–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . plished Baroness Riedesel. It is an interesting memento,and preserved with great eare. Near the westerly eorner of the Common, upon Wash-ington Street, stands the Washington Elm, one of theancient anakim of the primeval forest, older, probably, byhalf a century or moi-e, than the welcome of Samoset tothe white settlers, and is distinguished by the circumstancethat beneath its broad shadow Gineral Washington first18* 210 BOSTON AND VICINITY. drew his SAVorJ as commuiidLr-in-chkt ol the contiueutalarmy, on the morning of July 3d, 177.3. iS
RM2AJ38YD–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . The gate house is a fine Gothic building, fifty-six feetwide, with a high centre arch and two side arches. Alodge adjoins it, and the whole structure has been muchadmired for its dignity and grace. Near to it stands arustic well house, embowered in roses and running vines. A few steps inside the gate bring the visitor to a smalltriangle, where the avenues diverge. Here stands the St.Bernard dog, the emblem of fidelity and affection, and byhis side is the wonderful Ginko tree, the form and leaf ofwhich demand notice. On the right, towards
RM2AJ37DR–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . OSTON AND VJCIMJV. 251 of their crests, as they bend just before they tumble inmusic; all the loveliness imd majesty of the ocean aredisplayed around the jagged and savage-browed cliffs ofNahant. This Harrt)v jiromontory, which runs out from LynnBeach, is crowned with charming gardens, cottages, andvillas, and rests like an emerald in its sparkling and frettedframework of brilliants. AVhile the rocks present everyvariety of color, the cliffs are pierced by fissures, caverns,and grottos so numerous that the visitor stands in awe ;and the
RM2AJ33T7–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . loot of its south-ern slope, while the audience which was gathered there onthat day were ranged upon the hill side. ConsecrationHill is one of the highest of the Forest Hills, and fromits summit is a beautiful prospect. Through the vistas ofthe trees there are charming views of the Blue Hills andthe intervening valley, and in other directions of hills andplains, of farm houses, villas, and cottages, with here andthere a church spire rising above the distant woods. Following Rock IMaple Avenue, the visitor is led fromthe eastern end of La
RM2AJ3X3W–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ooms are crowded with1* n I50ST0X AXn VICINITY. the products of inuimfacture. Massive buildings ofgranite, all presenting the neatest and brightest appear-ance, everywhere meet the eje. Along the wharvesiimnense ranges of warehouses extend the whole length,at which the finest ships are discharging their foreigncargoes. Again, encircling her Common, rise in beau-teous outlines spacious mansions, having the appearanceof palaces, and presenting a scene of quiet beauty,unsurpassed by anything in the world ; they are thelesidences of her merc
RM2AJ3NKR–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . sons Ilall being a pait of the Win-throp House, the Oi-and Lodge of ^Massachusetts lostproperty, uninsured, worth from S80,000. to 8100,000.AVith the many valuable articles in the masonic apart-ments, were portraits of Henry Price, first Grand Mas-ter, 1733 ; Major-Gen. .foseph Warren, Paul Revere, andtheir successors in office, iiu-lnding Winslow Lewis, JohnT. Heard, and AViliiam U. Coolidge, Esqrs. ; a full-lenglhportrait of Gen. Washington, and portraits of distin-guished members of the iraternity, with many inter-esting documents and
RM2AJ3GEY–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . miles from Boston. Thebranch roads connecting with this road are the Saugus,Marbleliead, South Reading, Gloucester, Essex, and Ames-bury brauches. The FiTCiiBUUG Depot fronts on Causeway Street, attlu- corner of Haverhill Street. The building, which isthree hundred and sixteen feet long, ninety-six feet wide,and two stories high, is of Fitchburg granite, and one ofthe handsomest depots in this country. Several loadsimite with this road, and the Lexington and West Cam-bridge, Watertown and Marlboro, Peterboio and Shirleyblanches; and the
RM2AJ3FMA–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . terpart of the cabinet which had belonged to the Phreno-logical Society. Tiiere are now about 2,750 specimensin the museum ; and a detailed catalogue of them hasbeen prepared for i)ul»lication by its present zealous cu-rator, Piof. J. B. S. Jackson, who has spared no limeor labor in enlarging and classifying the collection, so asto make it one of the most valuable for study in America. The iiuiseuni was o|)en to the pnl)lic tor two or threesuinmers, at stated hours, and Inlly ad erli.-ed ; but tlierewas not a sulUcient number of visitor
RM2AJ39XJ–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . oms, comjirising the i-lioc making, whip making, cab-inet making, stone cutting, black?mithing, upholstering, andother departments, generally pleases the visitor, and callsforth encomiums for the stillness, order, and cleanlinessobserved. The MoNiMEXT erected to the memory of John Har-vard is situated on the top of the hill in the old graveyardnear the state prison, in CharlestoTi. It was erected bythe subscriptions of the graduates of Harvard University.It is con.-:tnicted of granite, in a solid shaft of fifteen feetelevation, and in
RM2AJ360F–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . tiful spot for parties of pleasure, whoresort thither, in summer, in large numbers, from the neigh-boring towns and cities. He selected its fanciful name, IIOSTUX AND VICINITY. 259 Siloum reversed, from the health-giviug property of itst!ea-baths, to be enjoyed in the grottos and recesses of itsshores. Money has been profusely expended in mason,shell, and pebble work, statuary, fountains, swings, andother contrivances for amusement; and the crowd thatresort there on pleasant days proves it to have been welllaid out. The grounds comprise
RM2AJ3EYJ–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . the Congregational Churches of the nation, more thanthree thousand in nu».iber, scattered from the Atlantic to ihe Pacilic coasts. lis convocation is regarded as one 156 BOSTON AM) IC1M1V. of the most importaut epochs in tlie history of Congre-gationalisai which has occurred since the landiug of thePilgrim Fathers ou Plymouth Rock, which the couvoca-tioa visited duriug their session.. The Missionary House, No. 33 Pembertou Square,is ail object of interest to many who visit the city ofBoston. It was completed early in 1S39, aiul has sinc
RM2AJ3FB8–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . and an original pic-ture of him, by Fisher. The interesting collection ofPeruvian miimmies and crania, brought by John H.Blake, Esq., from ancient Peruvian cemeteries nearArica, are deposited in this room. Some of these cra-nia, with others in the collection, are described in thevaluable work of Dr. Daniel Wilson, on PrehistoricjNIan. In the smaller room is a collection of anatomi-cal preparations, illustrative of healthy and morbid anat-omy ; also the casts of the enormous eggs of tlie gigantic 124 IJOSTON AND VICIMITY. birds from New Z
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RM2AJ40T7–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . GUIDE TO BOSTON AND VICINITY, MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS. By DAVID PULSIFER. ^ BOSTON:A. tvii:jLia.]ves & coM:i>^i«rY. 18 66. .5 Kilt* led, nccordinfi tn Act of Congress, in the 3 ear 18ti6, by DAVID PULSIFER. In the Clerks Office of the Dutiict Court of the District of MaBsachusett*. 3^^< guidetobostonvic00pu
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RM2AJ3NY4–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . nce, as thei-e has been placed here one oi thelargest organs in the world. [See page 1 70.] In the matter of ventilation, the architect iiad theassistance of the large experience, in that department,of Dr. Morrill Wyman, of Cambridge. Mr. Alpheus C.Morse, a native of Boston (a partner of Mr. Snell), alsoassisted in the arrangement of the decorations of the in-terior. The entrances are from Winter Street, Bumstead Place,and Bromfield Stieet. Ample accommodations are afford-ed for drawing rooms, alcoves, offices, &c. The United-States Cour
RM2AJ3G3K–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . The Reverend Doctors Increase, Cotton, and Samuel Mather wereinterred in this vault. IxcuKASE died August 27, 1723, iE. 84.CoTTox Feb. 13, 1727, 65.S.MrEL Jan. 27, 178.5, 79. Tlie whole is surrounded by a n<^at iron railing. 116 BOSTON AND VICINITY. The Boston and IMatm: Railuoad Depot frontson Haymarkft Square. It is a fine large brick building,two stories liigli, and is more centrally located than anyother depot iu the city. This road is seventy-four mileslong, and reaches to Portland. The ears pass throughCharlestown, which is dis
RM2AJ3J8P–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . y. The auditorium is nearly circular in form,about ninety feet in diameter, and in height about fifty-four feet. The proscenium-boxes on either side of thestage are huudsomely draped. Around the avtditoriumabove are the first and seeoiid tiers, and the gallery; infront, below the first tier, or dress-circle, is a light bal-cony containing two rows of seats. In the i)arqnet and balcony, there are iron-framed chairs,cushioned on the back, seat, and arms ; the first and sec-ond tiers aic furnished with oaken-lramed sofas, coveredAvith crims
RM2AJ3R67–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . )roperty of his youngest son, the renownedsachem of Pokanoket: and here also is Captain Ciiiirclissword, witli which the chief was slain. The Carrersword, a worthy memento of a pilgrim, speaks louderthan words of the dangers our forefathers incurred be-fore a citys smoke rose from the three hills of Shaw-mut; and Wi7ishnrs chair, that tradition says was madein London in l(il4, and brought over in the Mayflowerby Edwaid AVinslow, now, after many years of hajxlservice, is treasured as a valuable heirloom. Also theDowse Library, containing
RM2AJ3PEP–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . mi British soldiers killed at Bunker Hill were laid out, in theorder of their regiments and companies, previous to inter-ment. The old almshouse was pulled down in the year 1^00 ; IHJSTON AM) VlCINirY. 4.J uu(l, ill the early part of tlie cuutury, the large biiihiiugshown iu the engraving was erected lor Thomas Aniory ;and, when in the occupation of Governor Gore, the bodyof FisilER Ames, nlio died July 4, 1808, was thencetaken to the place of interment. Tlie northerly part of the edifice was jn-epared for thereception of General Lafayet
RM2AJ37K7–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER XXVIII. NAHANT.. Stranger, if you would visit one of the raost pleasantand delightful watering places in the world, seat yourselfin the cars, be landed at Lynn, take passage in one of thestages that leave almost hourly, and when deposited inNahant-take your Guides word for it-you will blessyour stars, and thank him. Here, isolated from the noise, 249 2.)0 BOSTON AND VICINITT, and hoar, and bustle of the city, you may wander by theliour on tlie rocks, and watc-Ii the liquid chisel of the seat!t its unwearied task upon the lihie an
RM2AJ3DKK–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . pause of two or three seconds,four blows more, thus indicating the number (24) of thebox mentioned. This is repeated six or eight times untilthe firemen ;ire sufficiently notified of the locality of thefire. For box 175, the bells would strike one, seven,and five blows, with proper intervals, and repeated aslong as necessary. To indicate the true time for the city, a single blow is BOSTON AND VICINITV. l^H struck simultaneously upon all of the nlarm-l)clls, nt pre-cisely twelve oclock of each day. Joseph B. Stearns,Esq., is the suporinte
RM2AJ3M1E–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ons, And snid shed fall. Youve seen both the tremendous spreadOf ronimerce, and of those it made Rich and ;inibitious,^^^lo fl:iimt with parvenus true pride.And in their sliowy coaches ride,With arms emblazoned on the side,Wliich any herald who descried Would deem flagitious. Majestic tree ! Yoiive seen much worthFrom little Boston issue forth. And know some menWho love their kind, and give their storeTo help the suffering and the poor,Nor drive the beggar from their door.Heaven bless such hearts, and give them more, I pray again. And yo
RM2AJ3KED–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . three feet above the foundation, resting on six arches, witha succession of arches on top. Its cost exceeded ninetythousand dollars. Sharon, seventeen and a half miles from Boston, occu-pies the highest land between Boston and Providence. KOSTON AN1> VHIXITY. 87 Its natural scenery is exceedingly line. Maslmpoag Poml,a beautiful sheet of wjiter over a mile in length, rests upona bed of iron ore. During the Ioav stages of the water,the ore is extracted by machines made lor the purj)ose.Fishing and plciisure parties frequent this pond i
RM2AJ3JF4–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . n feet, and is valued at three thousanddollars. The cabinet of the Pilgrim Society containsmany valuable antiquities. From Burying Hill, in therear of the town, which is elevated one hundred and sixtyfeet above the level of the sea, is a tine view of the vil-lage, the harbor, and shipping beyond, Avith the coast forsome miles in extent. Plymouth Rock, a deeply inter-esting spot to New P^nglanders, is near the termination ofLeyden Street. The town contains about two hundredponds; the largest, called Billington Sea, is about sixmiles in ci
RM2AJ3WDX–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . tates, 11,000,000. The Market is situated between North and South Mar-ket Streets, in each of which business of various kinds, toimmense amounts, is transacted. Leaving the Market, a few steps through CommercialStreet bring us to the United States Custom House.It is an imio ing ed fice, standng at the head of the dockbetween Long and Central Wharves, at the foot of StateStreet. It is in the form of a Greek cross, the oppositesides and ends being alike. It is one hundred and fortyfeet long, north and south, seventy-five feet wide at theen
RM2AJ3T0C–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ^-*«i,liii CHAPTER IV. THE BOSTON MLSKLM. IIISTORICAI, ><)CIKTY. On Trcnioiit .Street, between Court and Sehool Streets,stands the Boston Muski;m, lion. Mosms Kimball pro-prietor. It is a spacious buildini^, three stories high ; itsfront adorned I)y balconies, and iovs of glass globes,wliicli, at night, are illuminated by gas. We reach the interior by a bold flight of stairs, at thesummit of which is the entrance to the Hall of Cabi-NKTS, which is surrounded l)y a gallery, and whose ceil-ing is supported by noble Corinthian |iill;
RM2AJ3A1D–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . war to lie afloat, at all times, at theends of the wharves. The yard contains within the wallabout one hundred acres, and, independent of all buildingsand works, the site would now readily command morethan a million of dollars. The visitor to the navy yard will find many objects ofinterest to claim a share of his attention; and in everydepartment of this great establishment there is a uniformneatness and order, Avhicli are always pleasing, and forwhich this station is infeiinr to none in the world. Manyimprovements liave been made in it
RM2AJ3HAC–Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . d the house in whichGovernor Kustis died, we enter BowDOiN Square. Notlong ago, it was environed by the extensive grounds, andadorned by the stately, old-iashioued mansions, of tiioseeminent merchants, the Coolidges, Pratt, Lyman, andIarkman. They have been effaced by the march of im-provement, and are succeeded by the attractive RevereHouse, the commodious Coolidge Block, Bowdoin SquareChurch, and other less conspicuous edifices, erected forthe accommodation of spirited and emulous tradesmen.The Square is no longer the centre of the ref
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