Historic Sites

The Central Burying Ground occupies the southeastern corner of Boston Common, along Boylston Street near Tremont Street. Established in 1756, it was originally called the South Burying Ground and was created to relieve overcrowding at the city’s older graveyards, including the Granary, King’s Chapel, and Copp’s Hill. In its early years it received many of…

Faneuil Hall has stood near Boston’s waterfront since 1742, when merchant Peter Faneuil gave the building to the town as a marketplace and public meeting hall. It quickly earned the nickname the “Cradle of Liberty” for the fiery debates and protests held there in the years leading up to the American Revolution. The hall remains…