King’s Chapel was built in June of 1686 to house New England’s first Anglican congregation. It was originally a small wooden structure located on the corner of Trenton and School Streets. In 1749 the wooden structure was too small to accommodate the growing congregation and construction began on a larger stone structure.

          The new granite structure was built around the wooden building. The wood from the original building was removed through the windows and used to build an Anglican chapel in Nova Scotia. The new granite building opened in 1754. The original bell – cast in England and hung in 1772 – cracked and was recast by Paul Revere in 1816. Revere described its sound as the “sweetest sounding bell we ever made.”

          In 1776, the chapel closed following the exile of Royalists from Boston. It temporarily reopened for the funeral services for General Joseph Warren – he was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The chapel was officially closed until 1782 but members of the Old South Meeting House, a congressional parish, and several King’s Chapel members continued to worship there during the Revolution.

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Sources: http://www.thefreedomtrail.org

                http://www.kings-chapel.org/brief-history.html

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The interior of King's Chapel. 

Photo from Boston University