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is the "Old North Church" from which were 

 hung the signal lanterns for Paul Revere. 

 Revere's house, in the North End, Is still stand- 



OLD SOUTH MEETING-HOUSE 

 As it now appears, surrounded by towering 

 business blocks of steel and stone. 



ing (see REVERE, PAUL). King's Chapel was 

 built in 1754 on the site of the first Episcopal 

 Church In Boston. The adjoining burial-ground 

 is the- oldest in the city ; in it is the grave of 

 Governor Winthrop. Granary Burying Ground, 

 dating from 1660, has the graves of Samuel 

 Adams, James Otis, Peter Faneuil, the Hancock 

 family and Paul Revere. In Copp's Hill Bury- 

 ing Ground, also dating from 1660, are the 

 graves of Increase and Cotton Mather. All of 

 these cemeteries are in the heart of the old city. 

 The Old State House (1748), on Washington 

 Street, has been restored to its original appear- 

 ance, and has many interesting relics and paint : 

 ings. Of it, Oliver Wendell Holmes said, in the 

 Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: "Boston State- 

 house is the hub of the solar system. You 

 couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you 

 had the tire of all creation straightened out for 

 a crowbar." 



Noteworthy Modern Buildings. Architectur- 

 ally the most interesting part of the city is 

 Copley Square, in the Back Bay district. 

 Grouped around a large triangular grassy plot 



are the public library, Trinity Church, New 

 Old South Church and the Copley Plaza Hotel. 

 The library, completed in 1895, is a stately 

 structure of gray granite, in the Italian Renais- 

 sance style. It is nearly square, and encloses 

 an open court surrounded by an arcade. Over 

 the main entrance are reliefs by Augustus Saint 

 Gaudens, and the interior is richly decorated 

 with mural paintings by Puvis de Chavannes, 

 John S. Sargent and Edwin A. Abbey. Directly 

 opposite the library is Trinity Church (Protes- 

 tant Episcopal), generally considered as the 

 finest American example of the French Ro- 

 manesque style. Its beautiful interior decora- 

 tions and stained-glass windows by William 

 Morris, Burne-Jones and La Farge are partic- 

 ularly praiseworthy. Other notable churches 

 are the Roman Catholic Cathedral on Washing- 

 ton Street, the Arlington Street Church and the 

 First Church of Christ, Scientist, the Mother 

 Church (for illustration, see CHRISTIAN 

 SCIENCE) . 



The buildings devoted to the arts and to 

 education are among the most conspicuous in 

 the city. On Huntington Avenue is a splendid 

 group, including Symphony Hall, the New Eng- 

 land Conservatory of Music, the Opera House 



PAUL REVERE'S HOUSE 

 It stands to-day in an unattractive, unsightly 

 part of the city. 



and the Museum of Fine Arts. Not far away 

 are the buildings of the Young Men's Christian 

 Association and the costly marble group of the 

 Harvard Medical School. 



