Younger than these, but equally famous, are tentative sketches of University Hall prepared in 1815 by Charles Bulfinch, the famous New England architect, and firmly rejected by the college.

The original, built by Charles Bulfinch in 1789, was one of the earliest monuments to the Revolution. It also marks the site of the beacon for which the hill is named. The hill was dug away to ...

The land it sits on was originally used as John Hancock’s cow pasture. It was designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798 and the cornerstone was laid by Samuel Adams in 1795. A copper ...