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THE STATE HOUSE—BULFINCH FRONT

THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE STANDS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF LAND IN BOSTON PROPER — THE TOP OF BEACON HILL. ITS GILDED DOME IS A FAMILIAR LANDMARK. THE HISTORIC BULFINCH FRONT, DESIGNED BY CHARLES BULFINCH, 1795-1797, WAS ALONE THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. NEW PARTS WERE ADDED IN 1853-1856 — THE “BRYANT ADDITION,” AND LATER — 1889-1895, THE STATE HOUSE “ANNEX” — DESIGNED BY CHARLES K. BRIGHAM. NO ARCHITECT HAS MADE ON BOSTON SO ENDURING AN IMPRESSION AS BULFINCH, AND THE PORTION OF THE STATE HOUSE THAT CARRIES HIS NAME IS HIS MOST CHARACTERISTIC WORK.

THE LIST OF CONTENTS

Frontispiece — THE STATE HOUSE—BULFINCH FRONT

I THE OLD AND THE NEW

II TRINITY CHURCH FROM HUNTINGTON AVENUE

III FROM ADAMS SQUARE TO FANEUIL HALL

IV TOWERS OF CAMBRIDGE BRIDGE

V TEMPLE STREET AND THE BULFINCH DOME

VI THE ROLL LIFT BRIDGE—FORT POINT CHANNEL

VII THE SHAW MEMORIAL

VIII THE “PAGODA” AND OLD STATE HOUSE

IX THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEMPLE

X A NORTH END COURT

XI BERKELEY STREET FROM THE ESPLANADE

XII BEACON HILL FROM THE WEST

XIII IN THE MARKET DISTRICT

XIV THE LOCKS—CHARLES RIVER DAM

XV BASEMENT SHOPS—BOYLSTON STREET

XVI TUGBOAT ON THE WAYS—EAST BOSTON

XVII NORTH SQUARE (WITH HOUSE OF PAUL REVERE)

XVIII THE WESTERN BOUND OF COPLEY SQUARE

XIX CUSTOM HOUSE TOWER (IN CONSTRUCTION)

XX IN THE WEST END

XXI FROM DARTMOUTH STREET—LOOKING NORTH

XXII ON THE MYSTIC—SHOWING BUNKER HILL MONUMENT

XXIII OLD COLONIAL HOUSES—CHARLESTOWN

XXIV TRINITY—FROM THE VESTRY STAIRS


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