Old City Hall
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall : les meilleures façons d'en profiter
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Quartier: Downtown
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- Government Center • À 3 min à pied
- State • À 3 min à pied
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Le meilleur dans les environs
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2 393 dans un rayon de 5 km
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593 dans un rayon de 10 km
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Travel R
Rochester, MN1 709 contributions
juill. 2022 • En couple
Well up-kept historic buildings. Which has a statue of a donkey in front and one of Benjamin Franklin just outside it’s doors.
Écrit le 2 juillet 2022
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BrakiWorldTraveler
Belgrade, Serbie17 648 contributions
avr. 2022
It's a pity this stylish European style City Hall edifice is not used for its purpose any more. Instead, it's a high end steakhouse inside.
However, from a historic point of view it's an interesting spot to stop while walking the Freedom Trail. It's next door down the road from the King's Chapel.
In its courtyard you'll find a Benjamin Franklin statue and a donkey statue along with magnificent architecture.
However, from a historic point of view it's an interesting spot to stop while walking the Freedom Trail. It's next door down the road from the King's Chapel.
In its courtyard you'll find a Benjamin Franklin statue and a donkey statue along with magnificent architecture.
Écrit le 15 juin 2022
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tinaNtravel
San Jose, Californie1 883 contributions
sept. 2021
This building is along the Freedom Trail after the Old South Meeting House. The building itself is impressive and has a small garden out front along with a plaque and some historical information. But the inside is now modern offices and such. So while you can enter the building, there is nothing to see/do there, unless you have actual business in the building.
Écrit le 22 septembre 2021
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Thomas V
Oakland, Californie16 367 contributions
janv. 2020
This is a very historic building, classic 19th Century architecture to show off the city. Worth a stop on your walking tour.
Écrit le 17 juin 2020
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GY
東京都1 199 contributions
févr. 2020
旧市庁舎とベンジャミン・フランクリンの銅像があるOld City Hallは、現在のボストンのスクール通り沿いにあります。1645年アメリカで初めての公共学校のボストン・ラテン学校が建てられた場所です。独立宣言の草案者のフランクリンは、ここより数ブロック離れたミルク通りで生まれています。
旧市庁舎は、現在ステーキハウスになっています。
旧市庁舎は、現在ステーキハウスになっています。
Écrit le 15 février 2020
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BeachStone2C
Helsinki, Finlande2 775 contributions
janv. 2020 • En solo
Old City Hall has massive front doors. There are impressive murals in the building entrance. This is along the Freedom Trail with several interesting touristic sites nearby.
Écrit le 23 janvier 2020
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retireeVancouver
Vancouver, Canada1 809 contributions
sept. 2019
There were several points of interest at the Old City Hall. First, was how different the Old City Hall looked like from the other red bricked buildings around it. Notice that it has an all white facade with a projecting central section encased with columns. Its front doors also were an eyecatcher at the time it was built - in the 1860's - because of its laid-in marble circles. This style of building caught on in the States, notably in Washington. Because of its architectural style, this historic building is now a landmark in Boston. It has been repurposed rather than pushed over and houses Ruth Chris's Steakhouse and offices. It probably is easier to photograph the Old City Hall when the leaves have fallen off the tall deciduous trees planted out front.
The second feature at this location were the two statues of notable Bostonians in the courtyard out front. One was of Ben Franklin whose accomplishments were shown in 4 reliefs around the pedestal of his statue. The other was of Josiah Quincy whose accomplishments as an early Boston mayor, Senator, and Harvard University president were prominently inscribed on his pedestal. Each statue had a different sculptural style, but each appeared to be evenly matched in height when seen in the courtyard on either side of the entry door. Benjamin Franklin's statue, erected in that spot in the mid-1860's, was the first statue in Boston of a person wearing clothes he might have worn while Josiah Quincy's statue, erected later in the 1870, is shown wearing a suit partially hidden by a classic/academic toga.
Probably more eyecatching than the statues, however, was the bronze donkey just at the entrance to the courtyard with shoe prints in front of it. A bronze plaque explained how the donkey became the symbol of the Democratic Political Party and how the elephant - an image on the shoe prints with the slogan, "We stand in opposition" - became the symbol of the Republican Political Party.
Another feature of this property was its association with Boston's first public school. This building no longer stands on the property, but its presence, at this location, was memorialized quite uniquely with a decorative children's hopscotch mosaic in the sidewalk in front of the building.
We stopped at this property for a photo stop on our Freedom Trail walking tour. The Old South Meeting House which is adjacent to the Old City Hall was really the important stop on this walking tour and probably the reason for walking past the Old City Hall. It was a nice break from all of the red bricked buildings where pre-Revolutionary events occurred.
The second feature at this location were the two statues of notable Bostonians in the courtyard out front. One was of Ben Franklin whose accomplishments were shown in 4 reliefs around the pedestal of his statue. The other was of Josiah Quincy whose accomplishments as an early Boston mayor, Senator, and Harvard University president were prominently inscribed on his pedestal. Each statue had a different sculptural style, but each appeared to be evenly matched in height when seen in the courtyard on either side of the entry door. Benjamin Franklin's statue, erected in that spot in the mid-1860's, was the first statue in Boston of a person wearing clothes he might have worn while Josiah Quincy's statue, erected later in the 1870, is shown wearing a suit partially hidden by a classic/academic toga.
Probably more eyecatching than the statues, however, was the bronze donkey just at the entrance to the courtyard with shoe prints in front of it. A bronze plaque explained how the donkey became the symbol of the Democratic Political Party and how the elephant - an image on the shoe prints with the slogan, "We stand in opposition" - became the symbol of the Republican Political Party.
Another feature of this property was its association with Boston's first public school. This building no longer stands on the property, but its presence, at this location, was memorialized quite uniquely with a decorative children's hopscotch mosaic in the sidewalk in front of the building.
We stopped at this property for a photo stop on our Freedom Trail walking tour. The Old South Meeting House which is adjacent to the Old City Hall was really the important stop on this walking tour and probably the reason for walking past the Old City Hall. It was a nice break from all of the red bricked buildings where pre-Revolutionary events occurred.
Écrit le 30 octobre 2019
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Lorry04
Cambridge, MA338 contributions
oct. 2019
I stopped by here as part of a walking tour. While this is indeed the old city hall and the omni parker house is also nearby, I was more attracted to learning the Boston Latin School was once located right there. One of its most popular students, Benjamin Franklin, is remembered with a statue right there in old city hall.
Écrit le 13 octobre 2019
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Piotr H.
Lodz, Pologne3 983 contributions
juin 2019
Very nice and old traditional building. Boston is reaaly beautiful city comparing with other cities in the U.S. And the old city hall is really worth seeing it.
Écrit le 5 octobre 2019
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Lesley B
Mountain view, Californie2 937 contributions
sept. 2019 • En couple
The Old City Hall site is an interesting historical feature of the Freedom Trail. There are a few interesting things to view at this site: The hopscotch in the sidewalk on School Street indicates this spot is the site of the Boston Latin School. There is a statue of a former student - Benjamin Franklin - in the courtyard. Scenes of Franklin's accomplishments appear on the square pedestal of the statue. The statue of Franklin was the first portrait statue to be erected in Boston.
There is also a bronze donkey in the courtyard, signifying the Democratic Party, with two bronze footprints in front of it labeled "stand in opposition" and a plaque explaining the origin of the donkey as the Democratic party's symbol.
There is also a bronze donkey in the courtyard, signifying the Democratic Party, with two bronze footprints in front of it labeled "stand in opposition" and a plaque explaining the origin of the donkey as the Democratic party's symbol.
Écrit le 22 septembre 2019
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Hayley1607
Kent, UK118 contributions
Do they do guided tours, or can you roam freely?
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- Hôtels à proximité de Old City Hall :
- (0.13 Km) Hotel AKA Boston Common
- (0.21 Km) XV Beacon Hotel
- (0.07 Km) Omni Parker House
- (0.19 Km) Hyatt Centric Faneuil Hall Boston
- (0.15 Km) Oakwood At The Devonshire
- Restaurants à proximité de Old City Hall :
- (0.03 Km) Scholars American Bistro and Cocktail Lounge
- (0.04 Km) Ruth's Chris Steak House
- (0.04 Km) Cafe Artigiano
- (0.04 Km) Clover
- (0.05 Km) Parker's Restaurant