Slide Title
Preview
Date
February 1972
Description
King’s Chapel was originally a small wooden chapel located on the corner of Tremont and School street (1630). Construction of King’s Chapel “Stone Chapel” began in 1749 and was completed in 1754. The burial ground originates around the wooden original, as it is the resting ground of the first Boston mayor, John Winthrop (1649). The statue is of Benjamin Franklin, Boston born but Philadelphia deceased and buried in.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Building Type
Church
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Architecture -- Religious architecture; Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Statues
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Massachusetts
City Name
Boston
Street Address
Tremont and School Streets
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester and Harrison, Peter, "Boston: Kings Chapel & Burial Ground" (1972). Browse All. 340.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/340
Keywords
King’s Chapel; religious architecture; Boston, Massachusetts;
Notes
Bibliography: Niebuhr, Gustav. "In Graveyards, History Lives." New York Times, 30 Oct. 1998, pp. E31, E39. "King's Chapel." City of Boston, 2014, www.cityofboston.gov/parks/hbgi/KingsChapel.asp. Accessed 28 Dec. 2016. "New Boston Churches." The Art Journal, 1878, vol. 4, pp. 9-11.