Boston's North End
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development over the years. Today, most visitors to Boston tour the North End and see the Paul Revere House and the famous Old North Church. On the weekends, shoppers visit the bustling Haymarket and attend feasts and festivals amidst the appetizing ambiance of restaurant row. This thriving, lively area of town is an alluring meeting place for
residents and tourists alike.
Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Anthony Mitchell Sammarco is a noted historian and author of over sixty books on Boston, its neighborhoods and surrounding cities and towns. He lectures widely on the history and development of his native city.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I was a little disappointed in this book but not disappointed enough that I wish that I had not purchased it. The author could have selected photographs of more landmarks or at least organized the ones he had in a better fashion. There are places where he has photographs of the same building a few pages apart with nearly the same description and narrative from the previous entry. Also some of the "then" pictures are as recent as the 1970s. I would have expected more photos from the turn of the century and earlier than there were. Narratives could have been better written. Most of his older photos came from either his personal collection or the Boston Public Library. I am certain there are other places in Boston which had collections that would have enhanced the work. (There were a handful of other sources for one or two pictures.) I did recognize many of the places from my 2006 visit to Boston. This book had potential to be much better than it is.
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Boston's North End - Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
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The Colonial North End
A panoramic view of the North End from the top of the Lincoln Wharf Power House chimney at the turn of the century shows the densely settled neighborhood around the Old North Church on Salem Street.
The Old North Church was built in 1723 and is today the oldest church building in Boston. Christ Church, its actual name, was built on Salem Street opposite Hull Street by former parishioners of King’s Chapel. The brick church is 75 feet long, 50 feet wide, and the spire rises to a height of 175 feet.
The Old North Church, at the turn of the century, was closed in by tenements and apartment buildings on all sides. Looking from Hull Street, the granite wall of the Copp’s Hill Burying Ground can be seen on the left. The present spire was replaced after being blown down in 1954 by Hurricane Carol.
The interior of the Old North Church still retains its long slip pews and a gallery supported by Doric columns. A large painting by artist John Ritto Penniman of the Last Supper hangs above the altar.
Increase Mather (1639–1723) was the son of Reverend Richard Mather of Dorchester. A clergyman of wide knowledge and repute, he was pastor of the Second Church in North Square, later serving as president of Harvard College. His sermon, The Wicked Man’s Portion, printed by John Foster in 1675, was the first book printed in Boston.
Cotton Mather (1663–1728) was the son of Increase Mather and the namesake of his maternal grandfather, Reverend John Cotton. Reverend Cotton had been the rector of Saint Botolph’s Church in Boston, England, prior to his arrival in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1633. Cotton Mather, a noted clergyman, succeeded his father at the Second Church, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and was one of the most prolific writers in American literary history. Magnalia Christi Americana is considered his finest effort.
The Clarke-Frankland House was a three-story mansion at the corner of Garden Court and Bell Alley (North Street). In Bynner’s Agnes Surriage, the house was described as being plain to severity . . . but this was merely an architectural mask, a Puritan cloak, as it were, covering the swashing bravery of a Royalist and courtier.
Sir Harry Frankland was collector of customs and had married his servant, Agnes Surriage, after she had nursed him back to health.
John Cony (1655–1722) was a noted silversmith who engraved the copper plate for the first paper money of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The first coins minted in Boston, the Pine Tree
shilling, were struck by John Hull in 1652 at his house on Sheafe Street.
The Hutchinson House stood next to the Clarke-Frankland House at the corner of Garden Court and Fleet Street. Built in 1711, it was the first house in Boston to utilize classical details. The mansion was the home of Thomas Hutchinson, the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts, and was sacked by a mob in 1765 in retaliation for the Stamp Act.