THE FREEDOM TRAIL -King's Chapel and Burying Ground

**Designed by Peter Harrison in 1749 for the first Anglican congregation in Boston, the King's Chapel possesses one of the most elegant Georgian church interiors of the colonial era. Because it was a stronghold of Loyalist opposition, most of the congregation left for England and Nova Scotia in 1776. In 1787 those remaining organized the first Unitarian congregation in America. The burying ground next to the chapel contains the remains of John Winthrop, the colony's first governor, as well as the gravestone that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne to write The Scarlet Letter.

Hours & Admission : For more information visit the King's Chapel web site.

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**Source:National Park Service