Building / Landmark · 1809 · Boston
Park Street Church
The 1809 steeple at "Brimstone Corner" — William Lloyd Garrison gave his first public anti-slavery address here (July 4, 1829), and "My Country, ’Tis of Thee" premiered on its steps (1831).
Photograph · Wikimedia Commons
Why it matters
Part of the connected record of this place — 3 relationships link it into the wider graph, each one a thread worth pulling.
Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
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
Thenbusy but readable. Best now: one good detour.
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.
Future2026: 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
serendipitous
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
What should I see next?
Chosen moves from here
The editor's hand
Human recommendations
Civic memory
What this meant before
- Established
- 1809
- Address
- 1 Park St, Boston
- Online
- Official site ↗
- Graph connections
- 3
Plan your visit
Get there
In popular culture♪Charlie on the M.T.A. (1949) — The Kingston Trio (pop. 1959)▣Glory (1989) — Edward Zwick
On the Innovation Trail◆1897 · America goes underground — The first subway in the United States opens.
In the graph 3 relationships — first-class data, not links
Explore Park Street Church in the interactive Graph Explorer — click to expand every connection →Associated with
Adjacent to
Located in
Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk
Building / Landmark · 1 min walk
Blackstone Memorial Tablet
Transit stop · 1 min walk
Park Street Station
Historical event · 1 min walk
First Subway in America (1897)
Historical context
An unexpected connection
Park Street Church is linked, through the graph, to Boston — city, 6 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess
NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph
From the Federal & antebellum 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 corroboration4 sources across 3 tiers
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness100% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Park Street Church records Unclassified
NPS Primary / institutional
OpenStreetMap way/240317867 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 coverage100
metadata completeness
Graph authority35
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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