Fodor's Expert Review Copp's Hill Burying Ground

The North End Cemetery
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An ancient and melancholy air hovers like a fine mist over this Colonial-era burial ground. The North End graveyard incorporates four cemeteries established between 1660 and 1819. Near the Charter Street gate is the tomb of the Mather family, the dynasty of church divines (Cotton and Increase were the most famous sons) who held sway in Boston during the heyday of the old theocracy. Also buried here is Robert Newman, who crept into the steeple of Old North Church to hang the lanterns warning of the British attack the night of Paul Revere's ride. Look for the tombstone of Captain Daniel Malcolm; it's pockmarked with musket-ball fire from British soldiers, who used the stones for target practice. Across the street is 44 Hull (Boston's historic Skinny House), the city's narrowest house, measuring at just a mere 10 feet wide, which recently fetched a selling price of $1.5 million. This is Freedom Trail stop 14.

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Intersection of Hull St. and Snowhill Rd.
Boston, Massachusetts  02113, USA

617-635–7361

www.cityofboston.gov/parks/hbgi/CoppsHill.asp

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