In the Public Garden

In the Public Garden looking toward the Arlington Street Church.

One if by land...

Steeple repair, Old North Church, North End.

Christian Science Mother Church

Trinity Church

Trinity Church in Copley Square.

Trinity Church

Trinity Church (under repair) reflected in the Hancock building.

Cathedral

Cathedral of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Another view of the cathedral.

Old West Church

A church with a lot of history, located on Cambridge Street, Old West Church was founded in 1737. Here is another view I posted back in February '08.

Old South Meeting House

Looking down Washington St. to the Old South Meeting House.
Built in 1729, Old South was the largest building in colonial
Boston and provided a stage for the American Revolution.

Monochrome Monday

Cathedral of St. Paul on Tremont Street. A slightly different view of the cathedral I took two years ago.

King's Chapel

View of King's Chapel on the corner of School and Tremont Street. King's Chapel was first established in 1686 by the King of England to serve the Tories, loyalists to the crown. After closing its doors during the Revolution, in 1785 the congregation broke its ties with the Episcopal Church and became the first unitarian church in the United States. Read more of the church's history.

View a close up of the church's iron fence I showed a few days ago.

Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Detail

Closeup view of part of the stained glass windows at Bigelow Chapel in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. As we learned yesterday from Tom Johnson, the stained glass underwent a 2.5 million dollar renovation in 2006.

This panel shows a mother with two small infants depicting the tragedy of infant mortality. Click to enlarge for more detail. To see an outside view of the Bigelow chapel, visit Quincy Daily Photo.

Originally installed in 1846, the hand-painted glass chancel window measures 21 1/2 feet high by 9 feet wide and is composed of 36 panels containing over 4,000 individual pieces of blown glass. It is considered one of the important early works produced by the Edinburgh based Scottish firm of Ballantine and Allen that also created the now lost windows for the Houses of Parliament in London. It is one of the few examples of that firm’s early work that survive today. It is truly magnificent to see in person.

Update and correction
Tom Johnson, Family Services Coordinator at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, informs me the amount quoted for the restoration of the stained glass window actually covers the entire restoration of the chapel which included the beautiful chancel window, chapel roofs, repointing the pinnacles, woodwork, handicap accessible bathroom, kitchen area and more. I apologize for the confusion.

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Wednesday Doorway

This weeks doorway is a little departure from my usual Wednesday doorway and is instead a close up of a church door. I found this to be of more interest than the whole doorway. For those curious about such things, the door is from Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Newbury Street.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is University Memorial Chapel at Harvard University. The Memorial Church is the church for Harvard University, dedicated on Armistice Day 1932 in memory of those who died in World War I, a gift of the alumni to the University.

This Church has long been regarded as the symbolic center of Harvard's spiritual life, and stands opposite Widener Library as a visible reminder of the historical and spiritual heritage that has sustained Harvard for nearly four centuries.

Steeple

Steeple of the Old North Church and sign to the Paul Revere House on the Freedom Trail in the North End.

Wednesday Doorway

One of the many fine doorways of the First Church of Christ Cathedral seen in yesterday's post.

Cathedral

Cathedral of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Wednesday Doorway

Doorway of St. John the Evangelist on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.

Steeple and crane

A view of the old and the new in Boston, represented by the almost 200 year old Park Street Church and a luxe condo building going up behind it. Other views of the construction can be seen here.

The building in front of the crane is Suffolk Law School and was featured in yesterday's lantern and Wednesday doorway.

Wednesday Doorway

This Wednesday's doorway is the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul on Tremont Street.

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral on Park Drive in the Fenway.