Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1799 by John Ritto Penniman. This is one of the oldest sections of Bostons historic Dorchester neighborhood. On top of the hill is the 3rd meetinghouse, constructed in 1743, of the First Parish Church (est. 1631). In the vicinity is the Cotton Mather School (est. 1639), the oldest public elementary school in North America, founded by the congregation of First Parish
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
