Date of Award
8-2010
Document Type
Campus Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
James R. Green
Second Advisor
Timothy A. Hacsi
Third Advisor
Julie P. Winch
Abstract
In the 1870s, the Old South Meeting House, located on the corner of Washington and Milk Streets in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, faced sale and subsequent demolition when the Old South congregation built a new church in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. This thesis investigates the vast public preservation movement that ensued in 1876 to save the Old South, a prodigious task, considering the political, economic, and social climate and culture of the late nineteenth century. The preservationists, a collection of Boston's most affluent citizens, succeeded in preserving the Meeting House, which as the first building in New England saved for its historical association, set a precedent in historic preservation in Boston and throughout the nation.
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Jeffrey Paul, "Save The Old South! The Preservation Movement that Saved the Old South Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts" (2010). Graduate Masters Theses. 6.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/6
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