{"id":316,"date":"2013-04-10T16:25:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T20:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/?p=316"},"modified":"2013-04-10T16:25:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T20:25:56","slug":"old-state-house-photo-boston-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Old State House photo, Boston, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/F-04141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156\" title=\"Old State House, State Street, Boston, MA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/F-04141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/F-04141.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/F-04141-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/F-04141-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Boston&#8217;s oldest public building, erected in 1713 overlooking Long Wharf, replaced an old wooden Town House dating from 1658. After the Great fire of 1711, the town financed a brick building with a room for the Elder&#8217;s meeting, a library, an arsenal, and an arcaded farmers&#8217; market &#8220;for the country people that come with theire provisions&#8230;to sitt dry and warme both in colde raine and durty weather.&#8221; It became the hub of the colony&#8217;s trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston&#8217;s oldest public building, erected in 1713 overlooking Long Wharf, replaced an old wooden Town House dating from 1658. 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