Old South Meeting House
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The Old South Meeting House was built as a church in 1729 and served in that capacity until 1872. It was also the meeting place for the organization of the Boston Tea Party which took place on December 16, 1773.

Old South Meeting House

The Old South Meeting House (built 1729), in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston, Massachusetts, gained fame as the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. 5,000 colonists gathered at the Meeting House, the largest building in Boston at the time.

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