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
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 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 (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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