Accession Number:
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178410
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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View, from northwest, depicting adjacent graveyard (King's Chapel Burying Ground)
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Date of View:
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8/28/1994
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Image description:
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King's Chapel Burying Ground was Boston's only burial site for 30 years (1630-1660). As the first Anglican church in the colony, King's Chapel was forced to locate on the burying ground because no resident would sell land for a non-Puritan church.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module FIVE
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Culture:
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American
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; churches
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Preferred Title:
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King's Chapel
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Agent Display:
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Peter Harrison (American architect, 1716-1775)
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Date:
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1749-1758 (creation)
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Materials:
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stone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Locations:
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Eighteenth century
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Style/Period:
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Georgian
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Classification:
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Architecture
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