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The Boston National Historical Park is an association of sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution and other parts of history. It was designated a national park on October 1, 1974. Seven of the eight sites are connected by the Freedom Trail, a walking tour of downtown Boston. All eight properties are National Historic Landmarks.
The site is owned and operated by the National Park Service and Preservation Virginia, also serving as a unit of Colonial National Historical Park. [64] John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Massachusetts: 0.09 acres (0.00036 km 2) John F. Kennedy was a part of the Kennedy political family and served as the 35th President of the United States.
The National Park Service operates a visitor center on the first floor of Faneuil Hall, where they offer tours, provide free maps of the Freedom Trail and other historic sites, and sell books about Boston and United States history.
Boston African American National Historic Site: October 10, 1980: Boston The Park Service operates two buildings (the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School) of 15 locations that comprise this site. All of the site's locations are linked by the Black Heritage Trail, although only a few are open to the public. 2: Boston National ...
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau "An Interactive Map of Literary Boston: 1794–1862" (Exhibition). Forgotten Chapters of Boston's Literary History. The Trustees of Boston College. March 28 – July 30, 2012
The area between the eastern end of Faneuil Hall and Congress Street is part of Boston National Historical Park. In this landscape is a nineteenth-century sculpture of Samuel Adams [28] created by sculptor Anne Whitney. The granite plaza surface is marked for 850 feet (260 m) with the approximate location of the early colonial shoreline c. 1630.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Boston National Historical Park. October 26, 1974 ... Government Center: 74: King's Chapel: King's Chapel
National Park Service (Nps) (July 2012). Historic Resource Study: Boston African American National Historic Site. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 978-1-249-19932-8; Barbara A. Yocum (1998). Small School House: Boston African American National Historic Site, Boston, Massachusetts. Building Conservation Branch, Cultural Resources Center, National Park Service ...