Old State House

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state house
historic building
museum
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture
category Buildings and structures on the Freedom Trail
Government buildings completed in 1713
History museums in Massachusetts
Museums in Boston
State and colonial capitols in the United States
city Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
coordinateLocation 42.3589° N, 71.0578° W
country United States of America
floorCount 3
formerlyOperatedBy Bostonian Society
function meeting place of the Massachusetts General Court (colonial legislature)
hasBalcony east balcony
hasCollection Revolutionary-era artifacts
hasExhibition Boston Revolutionary history exhibits
hasSiteOn Boston Massacre site
hasSymbol lion statue
unicorn statue
hasTour guided Freedom Trail tours
heritageDesignation Boston Landmark
National Historic Landmark
inception 1713
locatedAtIntersectionOf State Street
Washington Street
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts
downtown Boston
locatedOn Freedom Trail
materialUsed brick
nearby Faneuil Hall
Old South Meeting House
operatedBy Revolutionary Spaces
ownedBy Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: City of Boston
partOf Boston National Historical Park
publicAccess yes
roofMaterial wood
significance one of the oldest public buildings in the United States
significantEvent Boston Massacre
surface form: Boston Massacre (1770)

reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
state Massachusetts
transportConnection State Street MBTA station
use history museum
seat of colonial government
seat of early Massachusetts state government

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Boston, Massachusetts hasHistoricSite Old State House
Massachusetts State House replaces Old State House
this entity surface form: Old State House (Boston)
Freedom Trail hasSite Old State House
King Street, Boston near Old State House
this entity surface form: Old State House, Boston
Boston National Historical Park hasSite Old State House
National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts includesSite Old State House
this entity surface form: Old State House (Boston)
State Street hasLandmark Old State House
subject surface form: State Street (Boston)
Old South Meeting House nearby Old State House
State Street MBTA station locatedNear Old State House
subject surface form: State Street station
State Street MBTA station hasEntranceNear Old State House
subject surface form: State Street station
Downtown Boston hasLandmark Old State House
MBTA State Street station nearPlace Old State House
Old State House, Boston hasAlternateName Old State House