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King's Chapel

The Foods of the Freedom Trail walking tour of one of Boston's most famous historical neighborhoods will entice you with the culinary delights of traditional Boston fare while introducing you to some of Boston's most famous historical landmarks. Along the Freedom Trail, at the Corner of Tremont and School Street is where we will find King's Chapel, an Anglican parish ordered built by King James II in 1686.

The Anglican congregation of King's Chapel was originally located in Boston's old town hall in June of 1686. Its first meeting house was a wooden structure located where King's Chapel can still be found today although the current stone structure was completed in 1754. In 1816 Paul Revere, who was a member of the congregation, recast their famous bell which still rings today every Sunday morning to call worshipers to service.

The adjoining burial ground, owned by the city of Boston is the oldest burial ground in the city. So old in fact that you can find the first woman to step off the Mayflower buried here.

King's Chapel has a long music history including being the first church in all of New England to have an organ and here in January of 1786 the first ever music festival in New England took place. These days music is still a big part of the church, including a Sunday concert series and Tuesday recital series. Today you will find that King's Chapel is still Anglican in worship with an independent Christian Unitarian congregation.

After your Boston walking tour, if you want to learn more about King's church, the history, the bell tower and the crypt, the church offers tours for only a small donation. Call the church to schedule a tour or stop in for the Sunday sermon and morning prayer or the Wednesday midday prayer service.