Building / Landmark · 1729 · Boston

Old South Meeting House

The 1729 meeting house where over 5,000 colonists gathered on December 16, 1773 — the meeting that ended with the Boston Tea Party.

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Why it matters

One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1729, and tied to 6 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.

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Living object

Now, then, future

Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.

Now

busy but readable. Best now: one good detour.

Then

1591: Midwife and theologian (1591–1643) whose weekly meetings challenged Boston’s ministers; tried for heresy and banished in 1638 — the colony’s founding argument about conscience and authority.

Future

2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.

Current modegolden hour

Historical echoAnne Hutchinson

Connected eventBoston 400 — The Quadricentennial (2030)

Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energybusy but readable

Best nowone good detour

Best timegolden hour

historicserendipitous

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 densitystrong

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipityhigh

Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.

Turn this into a walk

Routes with a point of view

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What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

01The right next stopThe Freedom TrailClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.8 min walk 02Pull this threadBoston Tea Party (1773)the meeting that launched it.Historical event 03Hidden in plain sightOrpheum TheatreA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Museum / Cultural 04Same story, different centuryOld North ChurchA time jump that keeps the civic argument going.Building / Landmark 05Follow “Revolutionary Boston”Founding of Boston (1630)The Revolution didn’t happen in a museum — it happened on these streets, in this order. Follow the events as they unfolded, from the city’s founding to the shot heard round the world.Historical event

The editor's hand

Human recommendations

The Civic Graph Editorial DeskEditorial standardLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Old North Church →

Civic memory

What this meant before

17291729Old South Meeting House enters the civic record here.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.1753Phillis WheatleyEnslaved in Boston and freed after publishing Poems on Various Subjects (1773) — the first book of poetry published by an African American, written a few blocks from the Old South Meeting House where she worshipped.1773Boston Tea Party (1773)On December 16, 1773, Sons of Liberty boarded three ships at Griffin’s Wharf and dumped 342 chests of East India Company tea into the harbor.

Established: 1729
Address: 310 Washington St, Boston
Online: Official site ↗
Graph connections: 6

Plan your visit

Websitenps.gov/places/old-south-meeting-house.htm ↗

Get there

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In the graph 6 relationships — first-class data, not links

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Historically related

Boston Tea Party (1773)the meeting that launched it

Associated with

Phillis Wheatleyworshipped here

Great Boston Fire (1872)saved by volunteers The Freedom Trail

Near

Old Corner Bookstore1 min walk

Located in

Boston

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Person · 1 min walk

Phillis Wheatley

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

Benjamin Franklin Birthplace Site

Museum / Cultural · 1 min walk

Old South Meeting Place

Historical context

Boston Tea Party (1773)1773 Great Boston Fire (1872)1872

An unexpected connection

Old South Meeting House is linked, through the graph, to Boston Tea Party (1773) — historical event, 10 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away

Phillis WheatleyPerson Benjamin Franklin Birthplace SiteBuilding / Landmark Old South Meeting PlaceMuseum / Cultural Board Alley TheatreMuseum / Cultural Site of 'The Una' OfficeBuilding / Landmark

More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph

Granary Burying GroundBuilding / Landmark Fenway ParkBuilding / Landmark Faneuil HallBuilding / Landmark Old State HouseBuilding / Landmark Old North ChurchBuilding / Landmark

From the Revolutionary eraOf the same period

Paul ReverePerson Crispus AttucksPerson Samuel AdamsPerson John PitcairnPerson John HancockPerson

Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections

Liberty Tree & the Stamp Act Riots (1765)Historical event Boston Tea Party Ships & MuseumAttraction Boston CommonPark / Public space Park Street StationTransit stop Boston 400 — The Quadricentennial (2030)Recurring event

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Boston400.com · you are here

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How this is scored →

✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional

✓Independent corroboration3 sources across 2 tiers

✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified

✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source

✓Record completeness100% of canonical fields present

Sources, by tier

Revolutionary Spaces Unclassified

NPS Primary / institutional

U.S. National Park Service (NPS API) Primary / institutional

The same entity, elsewhere

Official sitehttps://www.nps.…

Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count

Relationship density58

6 connections

Record coverage100

metadata completeness

Graph authority80

centrality + reach + trust

Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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