Old South Meeting House Tours and Activities

Old South Meeting House featuring a city, street scenes and heritage architecture
Old South Meeting House featuring a city, street scenes and heritage architecture
Old South Meeting House which includes heritage architecture, a sunset and a city
Old South Meeting House featuring heritage architecture and a city
If America has a birthplace, this is it. As the largest building in eighteenth-century Boston, Old South hosted some of the most important town meetings, where colonists debated and protested everything from forced impressment, to military occupation, to tea taxes. Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin are just a few of the many figures that used Old South to press their cause. Old South was built in 1729 to serve as a Puritan meeting house, and it's large open floor plan enabled nearly 6,000 colonists to gather under one roof. Once war broke out in 1775, the British holed up in Boston and converted Old South into an indoor riding school - removing and pews and pulpit and filling in interior with dirt. After the war it took the congregation eight years to restore the damage. Although it survived the Great Boston Fire of 1872, the building was little used and was slated for demolition in 1876. That it survives today is thanks to a group of twenty women who organized a $400,000 fund-raising campaign to save the building and open it as a museum. Today you can still visit the Old South Meeting House, where thoughtful displays recount it's place in history. Also, be sure to gaze up at the steeple, where a 1766 tower clock (still operating) and an 1801 Paul Revere Bell keep the time.

Tours & day trips

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Go City: Boston Explorer Pass - Choose 2 to 5 Attractions

Go City: Boston Explorer Pass - Choose 2 to 5 Attractions

Activity duration is 30 days
9.8 out of 10 with 19 reviews
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$94 per adult
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Private & custom tours

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Boston: Helicopter Skyline Tour

Boston: Helicopter Skyline Tour

Activity duration is 30 minutes
10.0 out of 10 with 1 review
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$518 per adult
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Food, drink & nightlife

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Italian Dinner with Tiramisu Finale in Boston

Italian Dinner with Tiramisu Finale in Boston

Activity duration is 3 hours
Price is NZ$249 per adult
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Attractions

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Boston CityPASS®: Admission to Top 4 Attractions

Boston CityPASS®: Admission to Top 4 Attractions

Activity duration is 9 days
9.2 out of 10 with 145 reviews
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$137 per adult
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Classes & workshops

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Italian Dinner with Tiramisu Finale in Boston

Italian Dinner with Tiramisu Finale in Boston

Activity duration is 3 hours
Price is NZ$249 per adult
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Top Old South Meeting House Hotel & Accommodation Deals

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The Dagny Boston

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Omni Parker House

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The Godfrey Hotel Boston

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Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport

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5 out of 5
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Club Quarters Hotel Faneuil Hall, Boston

Club Quarters Hotel Faneuil Hall, Boston

4 out of 5
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