Old State House, Boston

E290635

former state house historic building landmark museum

The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Old State House, Boston canonical	4
Boston Old State House	2
Old State House (Boston)	2
Old State House Museum	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former state house ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ museum ⓘ
address	206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
constructionStartYear	1712 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	18th century ⓘ
formerOperator	Bostonian Society ⓘ
function	museum ⓘ seat of colonial government ⓘ seat of early state government ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Old State House, Boston ⓘ surface form: Boston Old State House Old State House ⓘ
hasCollection	Revolutionary-era artifacts ⓘ
hasExhibit	American Revolution history ⓘ
hasFeature	balcony ⓘ cupola ⓘ royal coat of arms replicas ⓘ
hasSiteRole	overlooks Boston Massacre site ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Boston Landmark ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedNear	State Street ⓘ surface form: State Street (Boston)
locatedOn	Washington Street ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
nearPublicTransit	MBTA Orange Line stations ⓘ surface form: State station (MBTA)
onFreedomTrailStopNumber	approximate midpoint ⓘ
openedAsMuseum	19th century ⓘ
operator	Revolutionary Spaces ⓘ
ownedBy	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: City of Boston
partOf	Freedom Trail ⓘ
precededBy	First Town House, Boston ⓘ
replaced	First Town House, Boston ⓘ
significantEvent	Boston Massacre ⓘ surface form: Boston Massacre (1770)
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
underwentRestoration	1880s ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
usedFor	colonial assembly meetings ⓘ court sessions ⓘ mercantile offices ⓘ
wasSeatOf	Massachusetts Governor's Council ⓘ surface form: Governor’s Council of Massachusetts Bay Colony Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
yearCompleted	1713 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Bostonian Society → headquartersLocation → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

Bostonian Society → operated → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old State House Museum

Bostonian Society → associatedWith → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

Bostonian Society → hasMainBuilding → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

King Street → adjacentTo → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: King Street (Boston)

this entity surface form: Old State House (Boston)

City Hall Plaza → near → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Old State House

Financial District → contains → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Financial District (Boston)

this entity surface form: Old State House (Boston)

Old State House, Boston → hasAlternateName → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Old State House

State Street → passesNear → Old State House, Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: State Street (Boston)