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Old North Church is Boston’s oldest church, having been built in 1723 in the Georgian style. Originally called Christ’s Church, Old North Church was also the tallest building in Boston at the time and thus came to serve an important role in the American Revolution.
Old North Church was established in 1723 and initially named 'Christ Church in the City of Boston. It was Boston's second Anglican Church and a social nexus for Boston's younger merchants and privateers. The older Anglican Church, King's Chapel, was a long-time favorite of Boston's wealthy elite.
In June 1815, the academy began Boston's first Sunday school, opening its doors not just to parishioners, but to children throughout the city. The Sunday school's name was changed to Christ Church Sunday School in 1826.
Christ Church, long known as "Old North," has deep roots in Boston’s North End. Though it is remembered today as a symbol of patriot defiance, the story of Old North is a reflection of the deepening divisions between "Friends of the Government" and "Sons of Liberty" in Revolutionary Boston.
Significant Events. 1630 The first church in Boston was established by John Winthrop’s settlement. 1630 Boston’s first cemetery, King’s Chapel Burying Ground, was founded. 1634 The first tavern/inn was opened in Boston by Puritan settler, Samuel Cole.
The name of the English city ultimately derives from that town's patron saint, St. Botolph, in whose church John Cotton served as the rector until his emigration with Johnson. In early sources the Lincolnshire Boston was known as "St. Botolph's town", later contracted to "Boston".
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May 28, 2019 · With the completion of the first railroads to the mainland in 1875 and the first streetcar tunnel to downtown in 1901, East Boston became more closely connected to the rest of the city. And it soon became a convenient landing area for a new wave of immigrants from Russia, Italy, and Portugal.
