Building / Landmark · 1630
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
Boston’s oldest burying ground (1630) — John Winthrop lies here, alongside Mary Chilton, the first woman ashore from the Mayflower.
Photograph · Wikimedia Commons
Why it matters
One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1630, and tied to 3 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.
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Living object
Now, then, future
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Now
Thenbusy but readable. Best now: the older layer.
1588: Puritan lawyer and first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588–1649), who led the 1630 fleet and framed the settlement as “a city upon a hill.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
Current modegolden hour
Historical echoJohn Winthrop
Connected eventAmerica’s 250th — July 4, 2026
Pulse
How it feels right now
Current energybusy but readable
Best nowthe older layer
Best timegolden hour
historicserendipitousDowntown & Financial District
Rain scoreexcellent
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Laptop friendlinessdecent
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
Student presencehigh
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Tourist pressurelow
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Historic densityextreme
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Serendipityhigh
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
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Already a walkBest of Downtown & Financial District
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What this meant before
16301630King’s Chapel Burying Ground enters the civic record here.1588John WinthropPuritan lawyer and first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588–1649), who led the 1630 fleet and framed the settlement as “a city upon a hill.1686King's ChapelFounded in 1686 as the first Anglican church in New England; the granite building of 1754 holds the oldest pulpit in continuous use in the United States.1718Old Corner BookstoreThe 1718 brick survivor where Ticknor & Fields published Hawthorne, Longfellow, Thoreau and the Atlantic — the closest thing American literature has to a birthplace storefront.
- Established
- 1630
- Online
- Official site ↗
- Graph connections
- 3
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In the graph 3 relationships — first-class data, not links
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King's Chapel
An unexpected connection
King’s Chapel Burying Ground is linked, through the graph, to John Winthrop — person, 11 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
Also in Downtown & Financial DistrictShares a neighborhood
More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph
From the colonial eraOf the same period
Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections
One record, 1 framing cross-property publishing — never duplicated
How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it
✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration5 sources across 2 tiers
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
City of Boston Primary / institutional
NPS Primary / institutional
Wikidata Q1742174 Open reference
OpenStreetMap way/29818712 Open reference
U.S. National Park Service (NPS API) Primary / institutional
The same entity, elsewhere
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density35
3 connections
Record coverage86
metadata completeness
Graph authority34
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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