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Stone Chapel.. 



may be gratified with a view of the statue of Washington, by Chantrey. As we descend from 

 the State-House toward the mercantile part of the city, the Tremont House attracts our atten- 

 tion ; this is a spacious and splendid hotel, 

 unsurpassed in the country for elegance of 

 structure, and the style of its accommoda- 

 tions. The front of the pile is of Quincy 

 granite, ornamented with a neat portico ; 

 the wings are brick, with stone basements, 

 and, with the front, form three sides of a 

 quadrangle ; the number of apartments con- 

 tained in the whole is ISO. Opposite this 

 hotel is the Tremont Theatre, the front 

 of which is neatly built of granite ; the in- 

 terior is both splendid and tasteful. A few 

 steps onward, stands the ancient edifice 

 called the King's or Stone Chapel, with 

 its square tower and massive colonnade, 

 producing a noble effect by the simple 

 dignity of its architecture. In an opposite 

 direction, on the same street, and fronting 

 the mall, is St. Paul's Church, a granite 

 edifice in the Doric style, with a facade of 

 freestone, comprising a portico of six pil- 

 lars. This church is one of the finest in 

 the city ; the simplicity of its interior is 

 peculiarly striking. The stone structure on Church Green, with its octagonal shape and tall 

 spire, though of a fantastical design, has its admirers. The Park-street Church, at the head 

 of the Mall, attracts attention by the towering height of its steeple. The Old South, in the 



centre of a busy district, is beheld with interest, 

 ',^pK ; - -I art. from its historical associations. The tower of the 



I ' Brattle-street Church still exhibits in its front the 



cannon-ball shot into it from the batteries of the 

 besiegers, in 1775. Trinity Church, in Summer 

 Street, a massy structure of rough granite, with a 

 lofty square tower, affords a specimen of mixed 

 gothic architecture. The church in Bowdoin 

 Street, a gothic edifice of rough stone, is in the 

 same style, on a somewhat smaller scale. 



The largest building in the city is Faneuil Hall 

 Mai'ket, a granite structure, two stories in height, 

 and 536 feet long. The centre has a dome, and 

 at each end is a portico of four columns, each of 

 an entire stone. This is the most elegant market 

 in the United States, and probably in ihe world ; 

 on either hand it fronts on a spacious street, one 

 65 and the other 102 feet in width, bolh showing 

 a solid front of stone stores, of uniform height and 

 appearance. Old Faneuil Hall stands west of this 

 spot ; it is a lofiy brick edifice, and the spacious 

 galleries of its interior, still ^\ itness the throngs and 

 the oratory of popular meetings. Painting and re- 

 pairs have a little modernized the aspect of this 

 venerable pile. The Old State-House, now the 

 City Hall, is another relic of ancient. architecture, 

 and the scene of many events in revolutionary history. In this building are t^cav the Merchants' 

 Reading Room, the Post Office, and other public offices. In the neigliboihocd is the new 

 Court-House, a massive structure of granite, and a nev/ City Hall is in progress in the same 

 vicinity. 



Trinity Church. 



