Boston: Historical Place
Places and attractions in the Historical place category
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- Park
- Church
- Museum
- Historical place
- Square
- History museum
- Theater
- Monuments and statues
- Bridge
- Concerts and shows
- Library
- Nightlife
- Shopping
- Street
- Neighbourhood
- Specialty museum
- Cemetery
- Georgian architecture
- Universities and schools
- Memorial
- Gothic Revival architecture
- Music venue
- Art museum
- Sport
- Sport venue
- Shopping centre
- Sacred and religious sites
- Area
- Art gallery
- Greek Revival architecture
- Romanesque architecture
- Forts and castles
- Science museum
- Dancing
- Island
- Concert hall
- Lighthouse
- Tower
- Arenas and stadiums
- Romanesque revival architecture
- Music and shows
- Colonial revival architecture
- Architecture
- Skyscraper
- Playground
- Performing arts
- Synagogue
- Natural history museum
- Ship
- Vernacular architecture
- Asher Benjamin
- Lake
- Beach
- Hockey
- Outdoor activities
- Military museum
- Golf
- View point
- City hall
- Bars and clubs
- Nature
- Harbor
- Natural attraction
- Modernist architecture
- Waterfront
- City
- Marina
- Hiking trail
- Sailing
- Neoclassical architecture
- Football
- Italianate architecture
- Ice rink
- Ice skating
Old State House
Original colonial seat and state capitol The Old State House stands as a testament to the rich history of Boston, United States. This Georgian-style building, constructed in 1713, is one of the oldest public buildings in the country and has played a crucial role in the American Revolution.
Bunker Hill Monument
Granite obelisk on the Freedom Trail Rising above the historic city of Boston, the Bunker Hill Monument stands as a testament to the bravery and sacrifice of American patriots during the early stages of the Revolutionary War. This 221-foot granite obelisk, located in the Charlestown neighborhood, marks...
Granary Burying Ground
Historic cemetery on the Freedom Trail The Granary Burying Ground, nestled in the heart of Boston, is one of the city's most historic cemeteries. Established in 1660, this hallowed ground is the final resting place for many notable figures of the American Revolution and the early history of the United...
Paul Revere House
Revolutionary War hero's famed residence Nestled in the heart of Boston's North End, the Paul Revere House stands as a testament to the rich history of the American Revolution. This venerable structure, which was the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of his famous midnight ride in...
Massachusetts State House
Federal-era home of state legislature The Massachusetts State House, prominently situated on Beacon Hill in Boston, is a grand emblem of the state's political history and architectural heritage. Completed in 1798, this distinguished landmark, with its iconic golden dome, serves as the seat of the...
Old North Church
Launch point for Paul Revere's ride The Old North Church, officially known as Christ Church in the City of Boston, is an enduring emblem of American history, nestled in the heart of Boston's North End. Built in 1723, this historic church is Boston's oldest surviving church building and a pivotal site in...
Boston Navy Yard
Steeped in American naval history, the Boston Navy Yard, also known as the Charlestown Navy Yard, stands as a testament to the nation's maritime past. Located along the historic waterfront of Boston, Massachusetts, this former shipyard is now a prominent museum that...
Old South Meeting House
Historic site of the Boston Tea Party The Old South Meeting House is a historic Congregational church building located at the corner of Milk and Washington Streets in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston, Massachusetts, built in 1729.
Fort Independence
Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts. Located on Castle Island, Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States.
Park Street Church
Storied 19th-century venue Park Street Church, founded in 1804, is a historic and active evangelical Conservative Congregational church in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Typical attendance averages over 2,000 people across all Sunday services. Church membership records are private, but the congregation has over 1,200 members.
Old South Church
Gothic church with music services Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts, is a historic United Church of Christ congregation first organized in 1669. Its present building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T.
New England Holocaust Memorial
The New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, is dedicated to the Jewish people who were murdered by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
The First Church of Christ
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science church.
St. Stephen's Church
St. Stephen's Church is a historic church in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1802-04 as the New North Church or New North Meeting House, and was designed by the noted architect Charles Bulfinch.
Castle Island
Castle Island is a peninsula in South Boston on the shore of Boston Harbor. In 1928, Castle Island was connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land and is thus no longer an island.
Vilna Shul
The Vilna Shul is now a historic landmark building housing a cultural center, community center, and living museum. It was a synagogue and was built for an Orthodox congregation in 1919 by immigrants primarily from Vilna, Lithuania.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1659, it was originally named "North Burying Ground", and was the city's second cemetery.
Haymarket Square
Haymarket Square is the historic name of a former town square in Boston, located between the North End, Government Center, the Bulfinch Triangle, and the West End.
Old City Hall
Boston's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1865 to 1969. It was one of the first buildings in the French Second Empire style to be built in the United States.
Boston African American National Historic Site
The Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts's Beacon Hill neighborhood, interprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th-century African-American community, connected by the Black Heritage Trail.
Old Corner Bookstore
The Old Corner Bookstore is a historic commercial building located at 283 Washington Street at the corner of School Street in the historic core of Boston, Massachusetts.
John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is the birthplace and childhood home of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. The house is at 83 Beals Street in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy is one of four U.S. presidents born in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Charles Street Meeting House
The Charles Street Meeting House is an early-nineteenth-century historic church in Beacon Hill at 70 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nichols House Museum
The Nichols House Museum is a museum at 55 Mount Vernon Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts. The house in which it is located was designed by the architect Charles Bulfinch, and built by Jonathan Mason, the politician, in 1804.
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Historic poet's home and war headquarters The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is a historic site located at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Gibson House Museum
The Gibson House Museum is an historic house museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It preserves the 1860 Victorian rowhouse occupied by three generations of the Gibson family.
Otis House Museum
The First Harrison Gray Otis House is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 141 Cambridge Street in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts. The house, built in 1795–96, was the first of three houses designed by Charles Bulfinch and built for Massachusetts politician Harrison Gray Otis.
James Blake House
The James Blake House is the oldest surviving house in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The house was built in 1661 and the date was confirmed by dendrochronology in 2007. It is located at 735 Columbia Road, in Edward Everett Square, and just a block from Massachusetts Avenue.
Abiel Smith School
Abiel Smith School, founded in 1835, is a school located at 46 Joy Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, adjacent to the African Meeting House.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.
Paul Revere Park
Paul Revere Park is a five-acre park located on the Charles River in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The park was the first park to open along the "Lost Half Mile" of the Charles River as mitigation for the taking of planned parkland for the construction of the Big Dig.
African Meeting House
The African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States.
Boston Stone
The Boston Stone is a stone in Boston, Massachusetts. Near —but not on— the Freedom Trail, it is a minor tourist attraction. The stone, a flattened sphere about 2 feet in diameter, hollowed out on one side, is embedded in the foundation of a building on Marshall Street in the Blackstone Block Historic District.
Bellingham-Cary House
The Bellingham-Cary House is a historic house museum at 34 Parker Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The house, built in 1724, may incorporate in its structure the 1659 hunting lodge of colonial governor Richard Bellingham, and is the only surviving 18th-century building in the city.
Shirley-Eustis House
The Shirley–Eustis House is a historic house located at 33 Shirley Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The house was built between 1747 and 1751 on 33 acres in Roxbury by William Shirley, Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and served as his summer home.
University Hall
University Hall is a white granite building designed by the great early American architect Charles Bulfinch and built by the noted early engineer Loammi Baldwin, Jr. It is located in Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard Science Center
The Harvard University Science Center is Harvard's main classroom and laboratory building for undergraduate science and mathematics, in addition to housing numerous other facilities and services. Located just north of Harvard Yard, the Science Center was built in 1972 and opened in 1973 after a design by Josep Lluís Sert.
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