Old South Meetinghouse, Washington & Milk Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Summary
Significance: Built in 1729-30 as the Second Meeting House of the Third Congregational Church in Boston, gathered in 1669. Pews, pulpit and part of the galleries were removed and destroyed by British troops in 1775. The interior was rebuilt in 1783, and remodeled several times in the nineteenth century. Old South was the site of many important events, particularly meetings leading up to the revolution, and has been preserved since 1876 and restored by the Old South Association in Boston.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121
Survey number: HABS MA-960
Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000778
Tags
meeting houses
boston
meetinghouse
old south meetinghouse
milk streets
suffolk
suffolk county
massachusetts
historic american buildings survey
photo
architecture
american architecture
church architecture
building
church buildings
old house
architectural diagrams
floor layout
architectural plan
plan
library of congress
building plans
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
boston
,
42.35755, -71.05457
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html