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The Old South Meeting House is a historic Congregational church building located at the corner of Milk and Washington Streets in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston, Massachusetts, built in 1729. It gained fame as the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773.
Operated by Revolutionary Spaces, Old South Meeting House served as a gathering place for citizens to challenge British policies. Bostonians met here before the fated Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773.
Old South became the center for massive public protest meetings against British actions in colonial Boston from 1768-75. Patriots and Loyalists alike met to argue and inform, to protest the impressment of sailors into the King’s navy, and to commemorate the bloody Boston Massacre of 1770.
Built in 1729, was the largest building in colonial Boston and provided a stage for the American Revolution. Includes details of exhibits, hours, admission fees, calendar of events, memberships and directions.
Built in 1729 as a Puritan house of worship, the Old South Meeting House was the largest building in colonial Boston. In the days leading to the American Revolution, citizens gathered here to challenge British policies, protesting the Boston Massacre and the tea tax.
Built in 1729, the Old South Meeting House was one of the largest buildings in colonial Boston, making it an ideal location for some of the most important mass meetings prior to the American Revolution.
Visit Old South Meeting House, the famed 1729 meeting house where the Boston Tea Party began, one of the nation's most significant colonial landmarks and an important stop on Boston's Freedom Trail! Hours. Open daily. 9:30 am - 5:00 pm - April 1 through October 31.