The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in colonial-era British America and the oldest existing school in the United States. The school's admission policies and demographics have been controversial.
Logo as of 2019
Plaque on School Street commemorating the site of the first Boston Latin School building
Hall of the Boston Latin School House on Bedford Street, 1844–1881
The school's front entrance on Avenue Louis Pasteur in 2007
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeast after New York City and Philadelphia. The Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area, including and surrounding the city, is the largest in New England and eleventh-largest in the country.
Image: Boston panoramio (23)
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Image: Boston Old State House (48718568688)
Image: Boston Massachusetts State House (48718911666)
