12. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St. (1749-1754)
Originally the first Episcopal church in New England. After the
Revolution it became the first Unitarian church in America.
13. Josiah Quincy and Benjamin Franklin statues, lawn of Old
City Hall, 45 School St.
Quincy was once a friend of Joseph Priestley and a worshiper at
Unitarian services, although he never declared a religious affiliation.
14. Former site: Second Universalist Society
Hosea Ballou, the great Universalist leader, was minister at the
Second Universalist Society from 1817 to 1852. Present structure: Boston
Five Cents Savings Bank Building, 30 School St.
15. Globe Corner Bookstore, 3 School St. (1718)
A gathering place for nineteenth-century writers and religious
liberals such as Emerson and Longfellow. Later housed the renowned
publisher, Ticknor & Fields. Also site of Puritan religious dissenter
Anne Hutchinson's home.
16. Old State House, 206 Washington St. (1712-1713)
Originally held the entire state and city government offices. The
building is now a museum.
17. Former site: First Church of Boston
Boston's second church was constructed here in 1640. It was
succeeded by the Old Brick Church in 1711. Present structure: The Boston
Company Building, One Boston Pl.
18. Former site: Second Church of Boston, near 295 Hanover
St.
Among Second Church's most famous ministers was Ralph Waldo
Emerson, who resigned his pulpit in 1832. The Second Church congregation
moved here in 1779, merging with the New Brick Church (see 21).
19. Former Site: First Universalist Church, 332 Hanover St.
John Murray, first preacher of Universalism in America, held this pulpit.
Present structure: North End Community Health Center.
20. New North Church, 401 Hanover St. (1802-1804)
Of the five churches Bulfinch designed in Boston, this alone remains.
Francis Parkman, Sr., father of the historian, was minister here from 1813 to 1849.
The Unitarians sold the building to the Catholic Diocese in 1862.
Present use: St. Stephens Church.
21. Paul Revere's House, North Square (c. 1677)
The famed patriot, a member of Boston's Second Church, owned this house from 1770 to 1800.
Some historians believe that Revere's lanterns were hung from Old Second Church, which stood
on North Square. This church was torn down in 1776 by the British, and the congregation
merged with the New Brick Church (see 18).
24. Former site: Federal Street Church
William Ellery Channing was minister here from 1803 to 1842. The AUA was organized here in 1825.
Later the church moved to its Arlington Street site (see 29). Present structure: Bank of Boston, 100 Federal St.
25. Former site: New South Church, Church Green.
Charles Bulfinch's finest church stood here from 1814 until 1868.
Present structure: Church Green Building, 105-113 Summer St.
