Paul Revere Memorial Association Lecture Series: Refurnishing Boston’s Historic Council Chamber

  • September 10, 2014
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Old South Meeting House, Boston MA

Paul Revere Memorial Association Lecture Series Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Furniture: Form, Function, and Fabrication 

The Council Chamber in Boston’s Town House (now the Old State House), where the Royal Governor of Massachusetts met with members of his Council, was once an important administrative center for the British Empire in North America. This historic room has recently been returned to its appearance during the 1760s, when the fate of the British Empire turned on the decisions made within its walls. Dr. Nathaniel Sheidley, Historian and Director of Public History at the Bostonian Society, will describe how, thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between the Bostonian Society and North Bennet Street School, visitors can now sit in the Governor’s chair and thumb through reproduction documents at the Council table. 

This event is FREE and open to the public. 

This series is made possible by a grant from the Lowell Institute.

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