King's Chapel

In 1688, the Royal Governor built King's Chapel on the town burying ground when no one in the city would sell him land to build a non-Puritan church. The first King's Chapel was a tiny church used by the King's men who occupied Boston to enforce British law. By 1749, the building was too small for the congregation, which had grown to include a number of prominent merchants and their families. The present stone structure was built around it to avoid disturbing services. The present organ, the sixth, was made by C.B. Fisk. It is the first mechanical action organ made in America in XX century. The organ case is a reproduction of the case built for the Bridge Organ made in London for King's Chapel and installed in this building in 1756.