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The art deco building at 185 Franklin St. is like a slice of telephone history. In an alcove off the lobby, a small exhibit open to the public gives a history of the development of the telephone. A massive mural circles the lobby, showing the history of the telephone -- from Alexander Graham Bell's invention, to operators manning manual switchboards, to linemen working on phone poles.
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"The magnificent Corinthian hall of the Stock Exchange (115 by 50 feet) affords very exciting scenes when the stock market is agitated. A gallery on the second floor is always open to visitors." - quoted from How To See Boston by Moses King (1895)
This site was also the location of the Bunch Of Grapes Tavern, founded in 1713, and later a popular meeting place of Sons of Liberty, and the first Masonic Lodge in the United States.TAGGED WITH: |
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