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Ritz Carlton Hotel
This is one of Boston’s finest hotels, noted for its hospitality,
excellent food and social events.
Continuing on down Newbury Street, we come to Berkeley Street, on the
corner of which stands
Museum of Natural History
The building is full of New England economic, geological, and special
mineral collections, mammals, birds, fishes, fossils, plants, marine
invertebrates, and insects beautifully mounted. The building is open to
the public free of charge daily from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., and on Sundays
from 1 to 4:30 p. m.
Leaving the Museum of Natural History, turn right at Boylston Street and
proceed to
Copley Square
This is architecturally considered one of the finest municipal squares
in the country, if not in the world. On your left is Boston’s famous
Trinity Church
The facade of this church is one of the richest examples of
ecclesiastical architecture in the city. Mr. H. H. Richardson was the
architect. Interior decorative work by John LaFarge. St. Gaudens’ statue
of Phillips Brooks is on the Huntington Avenue side. In the cloister are
stones from old St. Botolph’s Church in Boston, England. Bishop Brooks
was rector of Trinity from 1869 to 1891.
To the left of the church and across St. James Avenue is the
Copley Plaza Hotel
It is and has been for twenty years New England’s distinctive society
hotel. The main ballroom is decorated in the style of Louis XIV with
marble bases and gray Sienna stone for walls. The Sheraton Room opening
directly off the lobby is furnished in Italian Renaissance style. The
main cafe contains the celebrated Merry-Go-Round bar, a unique
attraction. Directly in front of you is the
Boston Public Library
Designed after the style of the Italian Renaissance by McKim, Meade &
White, the interior of the building is of great beauty and visitors come
from all parts of the world to admire it. Famous murals by Pierre Cecile
Puvis de Chavannes, Edwin Austin Abbey, and John Singer Sargent will
hold you spellbound. Visitors are advised to purchase the handbook of
the Boston Public Library, on the second floor, for thirty-five cents in
order to remember the various art treasures.
[Illustration: BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY]
Leaving the Public Library, turning right on Huntington Avenue and
proceeding past Mechanics Building, home of Boston Automobile Shows and
other notable expositions, we continue on Huntington Avenue to Norway
Street and turn right to the
Christian Science Church
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