THE FREEDOM TRAIL -Franklin Statue and First School Site

**Located in the courtyard of Boston's Old City Hall, this portrait statue commemorates one of the city's most versatile sons, Benjamin Franklin. The statue was designed by Richard S. Greenlough and was the first portrait statue erected in Boston. Bronze tablets depict Franklin's career as a printer, scientist, and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Peace Treaty with Great Britain. The statue overlooks the site of the oldest public school in America, which Franklin, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock once attended. Puritan settlers established the Latin School here on School Street in 1635.

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**Source:National Park Service