Category: Old North History
Unbeknownst to many, the Old North Church houses in its basement a crypt containing approximately 1,100 burials. From 1732 to 1860 the church…
By Bernard Trubowitz
On October 20, 1878, North Enders awoke to a neighborhood full of familiar, unchanging edifices in an ever-changing…
It isn’t often that we can know exactly what someone was thinking on a specific date back in 1775, but today is one of those rare days. It was…
By Kerry McDonough
Replacing hinges on six pew doors is a much bigger feat than it sounds!
This is just one of the many different types of…
Phase two of the Washington Memorial Garden Archaeological Dig is well under way under the auspice of City Archaeologist Joseph Bagley. Joe and his…
In preparation for the upcoming Washington Memorial Garden renovation project, city archaeologists are conducting a survey in areas that will be…
As a newbie here at Old North, I saw the church bells before I understood them. They are beautiful and impressive—and between two fairly…
Just inside the entrance of the Old North Church stand two white poles with strange gold pine cones on top. The casual observer might pass…
By Mark Hurwitz
Rebecca Theresa Reed was born in 1813 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. She was raised Protestant and attended Christ Church in the…