William Washburn (architect)
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William Washburn was an American architect active in Boston during the nineteenth century. A hotel specialist, very little of his work survives. Before the Civil War he was active in the abolitionist
The second Tremont Temple, designed by Washburn in the Italianate style and completed in 1853
The chamber of the Massachusetts Senate in the Massachusetts State House, as expanded and remodeled by William and Moses Washburn in 1868
Old State House (Boston)
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The Old State House is a historic building at 206 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Completed in 1713, it is the city's oldest extant public building, hosting the judicial, le
William Washburn (architect)
…Lyme, New Hampshire. He came to Boston very young and was trained as a carpenter. In 1830 he was assistant to Isaiah Rogers in the conversion of the Old State House into the Boston City Hall. He first appears in the Boston directories in 1831 as a housewright at the same address as his brothers, Jeremiah and Theodore…
Looking southwest in 2013
Marker just outside the building commemorating the Boston Massacre, which occurred nearby
This engraving by Paul Revere, portraying the Boston Massacre, shows the Old State House sitting prominently behind the action.
Triumphal arch, built in 1789 in preparation for Washington's visit to the city