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              The Customs House does Time Share

10/5/2016

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                    The Third Customs House in Boston is now a Marriott Vacation Club
 
 The pictures attached and in our collage will show you its location in the center of the “Hub of Boston”.  If you were on the 27th floor observation deck you would be able to throw a baseball to any of the various interesting stops referenced below.

1.   Long Wharf was completed in  1721 after ten years of toil by ships’ captain Oliver Noyes.  If you are really hungry and have a full wallet try the Chart House, the only original building from the 18th Century.  Great fish and victuals following the rich traditions of John Hancock, the original owner. 

2.  The first and second Custom House was on State Street and the  site of the  Boston Massacre.  Cross State Street opposite Kilby Street to the steps on the North side and stand in the original site of the Boston Massacre.  Pay little attention to the Boston Massacre marker just under the Old State House window west of this location.    Consider our history tour for a full eighteen-month review of events that concluded in “the bloody riot on King Street”. 

3.  In 1742 Peter Faneuil donated money to Boston to build Faneuil Hall. He desired a place in the evening to drink wine and cheese with his fellow Huguenots long after the Puritans had closed their bibles for the evening.  The vote in favor of accepting the money was 367 for to 360 against.  If you did stop 2, Faneuil Hall is just behind you through the brick walkway.  Be sure to visit the second and third floor. Free.
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4.  Quincy Market was constructed in 1824 to handle the overflow from Faneuil Hall. It is the long granite building just north of Faneuil Hall and a food market of convenience if you have to rush to your next stop.  Regina’s pizza is about as good and basic an offering for any budget. 

5.  Visit the aquarium, on the wharf immediately to the right of the Marriott Long Wharf.  Their whale watching tour on their high speed catamaran generally takes an hour out to travel 25 miles, a half hour to view numerous whales, and an hour back.  Check with them on any seasonal issues but the kids will love the motion of the catamaran as it rides the ocean swells. 

6. The Rose Kennedy Greenway provides plenty of entertainment, particularly March through October.  Follow the numerous water works by finding the sights pictured here.   Vendors typically display numerous crafts the entire length of the greenway leading to China Town; another of Boston’s very distinct and lively neighborhoods. 

7.   To visit the Old State House. exit the Marriott Vacation Club by the side door on State Street and walk 200 feet left and up to the museum.  While this Old State House was twice ravaged by fire it remains the very last of Old England’s contribution to Boston architecture.  It served as Boston’s city hall for eleven years.   Thankfully, The Boston Society was formed to prevent its sale to Chicago in 1881.  Today It might take a good South-Boston comedian to explain the reason a public subway stop was added in the 20th Century, to the basement of this venerable historic building. 

8.  Walk through Christopher Columbus Park at the water’s edge and just to the right of the Marriott Long Wharf to view their wonderful trellised garden arrangements and many events conducted there.  Continue through the park past the dancing fountain at the north side and marvel at the old world style of the North End. 

9.  The North End is Boston’s Italian community, with dozens of authentic Italian restaurants and shrines.  It was the home to Paul Revere and is the home of the Old North Church.  Their restaurants out-perform those you may have tasted in Tuscany. Stop at Edes and Gills printing museum and Captain Jackson’s Historical Chocolate Shop, to see how the Declaration of Independence was reproduced and to taste hot chocolate made as if it was the 18th Century.  Both stops are free.  See our collage and video,  titled Paul Revere’s Neighborhood by clicking here and  Video. 

10. If you are a skateboarder one of the largest and most challenging inter city parks is available to you just across the channel.  Leave your parents behind.  Walk across the rickety Charlestown Bridge at the north end of the North End.  Pass through Paul Revere Park and look for the skateboard park just under the inter-state. 

11. Parents, as a back-up plan the Children’s Museum, into its second century, is located south of the Marriott Customs House, on its own Wharf, in walking distance.  Cross the channel at Congress or Summer Street.  Once over the channel you have entered South Boston, another unique neighborhood.

As for the Marriott Customs House, don’t miss the tour and ride to the 27th floor available every day at 2:00 or 6:00 p.m, but for Friday.  Buy $5 tickets at the front desk.  Drinks are available on the 6:00 p.m. tour for $15.  It is probable that you may see peregrine falcons nesting just above the observation deck.

Please visit our collage for pictures that relate to this post under customs house.


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  • Freedom Trail Tour
    • The Boston Massacre Tour
    • Boston Civil War Tour
    • The Kennedy Tour
    • The Boston Massacre Lesson Plan
    • Paul Revere's Row to Charlestown 4/18/1775
    • Virtual Tour of the Massachusetts State House
    • The Boston Massacre per the Pennsylvania Gazette
    • Paul Revere Lesson Plan
  • Revere Bells Index
    • The Stickney Revere Bell Listings of 1976
    • Paul Revere Bell of Beverly
    • Revere Bells in Boston >
      • Paul Revere Bell Old South Meeting House
    • California's 2 Paul Revere Bells
    • Paul Revere & Son's Bell Westborough Massachusetts
    • Falmouth, Massachusetts
    • Revere Bell Fredericksburg VA
    • Revere Bell Hampton NH
    • First Parish Church of Kennebunk
    • Revere Bells in Maine
    • Revere Bell in Mansfield
    • Revere Bell of Michigan
    • Revere Salem Mass Bell
    • Roxbury First Unitariarn Universalist Church and their Revere Bell
    • Revere & Son Bell, Savannah Georgia
    • Singapore Revere Bell
    • Tuscaloosa Bell >
      • History of the St John and Leavens Patriarchs
      • Samuel St John Jr Estate Genealogy
      • Authenticating the Revere Tuscaloosa Bell
      • Joshua B Leavens Last Will and Testament
      • 20th Century Tuscaloosa bell
    • Revere Bells Lost in Time
    • Revere Bells Washington DC
    • Revere Bell in Wakefield, Mass
    • Revere Bells Woodstock VT
  • Bostonians
    • Edward F Alexander of The Harvard 20th Civil War Regiment
    • Polly Baker
    • John Wilkes Booth
    • The Mad Hatter, Thomas, Boston Corbett who Killed John Wilkes Booth
    • Richard-Henry-Dana-Jr
    • James Franklin
    • Benjamin Harris of Publick Occurrences
    • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • William Lloyd Garrison
    • USS Thomas Hudner DDG116
    • Edward Hutchinson Robbins Revere
    • Amos Lincoln
    • King Philip
    • Mayor's of Boston
    • Mum Bett & Theodore Sedgwick
    • James Otis
    • Paul Joseph Revere
    • John Rowe >
      • John Rowe's Diary Entries
      • John Rowe's Dinner Party
      • John Rowe and the Jail Fire
      • Hang John Rowe?????
      • John Rowe the Fisherman
      • Joh Rowe's Tea Ship
    • Be Proud to be Called a Lucy Stoner
    • Rachel Wall , Pirate
    • Paul Revere the Coroner of Boston
    • Deborah Sampson
    • Who was Mrs. Silence Dogood?
    • Dr. Joseph Warren's Dedication
  • History Blog
  • Lilja's of Natick
    • Lilja Brothers Military History
    • Lilja's Family Album
    • Memorials and Tributes to the Five Lilja Brothers
    • Lilja Family Tree
    • Lilja Historical Family Tree Documents
    • Lilja References
  • Collage of Boston
    • 4th of July Parade, Bristol RI
    • Boston Harbor
    • The Customs House
    • Forest Hills Cemetery
    • Georges Island
    • Nonviolent Monument to Peace - Sherborn
    • The Battle Road
    • Skate bike and scooter park
    • Cassin Young & USS Cassin Young
    • MIT
    • Historic Charles River
    • The Roxbury Standpipe on Fort Hill
    • John & Abigail Adams National Park