King's Chapel on Tremont Street is a national historic landmark and a particularly interesting attraction to see along the Freedom Trail in Boston. Entry into the church is free however donations are accepted at the front entrance. Historically, King's Chapel was founded as the first Anglican Church of the colony of New England in 1688 under rule of King James II. The present church building was constructed between 1749-1754 in Georgian architectural style, making it a unique building to see in this part of the world. Interestingly, many of the original King's Chapel congregation, loyal to Crown, fled to Canada during the outset of the American Revolution. Another interesting historical notation is that Paul Revere, while not a member of this church, is credited with having cast the church bell in 1816. We enjoyed seeing the interior of King's Chapel, finding the occasion signage and information helpful and easy to read. The pew boxes seen within King's Chapel are like those seen at several other historic churches in Boston. It was neat learning about families procuring and decorating the boxes during centuries past. Just outside the church, you can visit the small King's Chapel burial ground, which includes the markers of historical figures such as first Massachusett's governor John Winthrop as well as Mary Chilton, the first European female to disembark the Mayflower and set foot in the New England colony. In the end, we quite enjoyed visiting King's Chapel and found it one of the more memorable attractions on the Freedom Trail. This is one of the places we would be eager to return to during future visits to Boston.

One of the oldest chapels in Boston and the 5th stop on the Freedom Trail. Here, you’ll find the graves of John Winthrop, the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and William Dawes Jr., a founder of the Sons of Liberty and tagged along during Paul Revere’s ride. It’s a beautiful place and still serves as a church today.

So much history. Awesome organization. Most of the building is original. Be sure to take the tour of the crypt and the bell tower. See the bell made by paul revere. Very knowledgeable tour guide. Well worth the few extra dollars for that tour.

I didn't go in the Chapel. Only the burial ground. The grounds contained historical figures prevalent in Boston's history dated back to the 1600's. An awesome sight to see!!

King’s Chapel is a British architecture. Well preserved.

Beautiful building with wonderful, helpful staff.

We didn't get to check out the chapel as they had a service going on but the attached Cemetery was very neat to see especially what looked like a pit or just a well. To read and see the engravings on the head stones were very neat. The weathered and how they wrote on them back in that era was really nice to see. There was also a section covered in a type of Ivey was just beautiful. A site worth checking out for the cool factor.

Second church during our walking tour of Old Boston. A good stop for pictures and history. The current church started as a wooden building and if you want to see a reconstruction of that building using some of the original material, you will have to travel more than 500 miles northeast to the town of Lunenberg in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Need to stop by at least once to be a part of Boston's extensive role in American History. King's Chapel is located right on the Freedom Trail, center of Boston.

Took the tour with our guide, (Michael I think?) Who was very friendly a lnd very knowledgeable about the local history of the chapel as well as the surrounding areas. Saw the cript and the entire place, was a great experience rich with history!

Beautiful piece of history. The tour guide did a great job.

Historical !!! Lots of people have written about this place and I’m not going to add anything but perhaps recommend to please read about the Freedom Trail

Beautiful and historic church where they still have services at 11 on Sunday. We got to hear the organist practice on a Saturday afternoon. Free admission.

Fantastic experience. Remy was our tour guide, very knowledgeable and patient with questions about the site as well as Boston proper. Recommend anyone visiting to see the Chapel and her.

Went on the "Till death us do part" crypt tour. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and made the tour come to "life". The church is stunningly beautiful when it's lit by candlelight. I wish we had been able to explore other areas of it. We went during the coldest days in Boston but the crypt was quite warm and dry.

Went here at night, as part of a geocaching Adventure lab, and to do an Earth Cache. Excellent place. Very busy on Saturday night, but what did I expect? Right. It wasn't open at the time so I wasn't able to go inside, but I got to see the grasshopper weather vane on top. It's visible even at night. Help to also check the founder's monument in the back. Which is another fun find.

I highly recommend paying at least for the expedited tour that shows you the crypts under the church. I didn’t have time to wait for the full tour to start, so I chose this one. Alex, who does the tours was phenomenal. He was great in the information he shared. We weren’t shown and weren’t given some extra details due to being sensitive about the young kid in our group, but afterwards, Alex answered a lot of my questions, showed me extra photos of what the crypts look like behind the walls, and just was very pleasant to talk to. I highly recommend this tour. It didn’t take a lot of time as you’re trying to go through The Freedom Trail, but such a great place to visit!

This was the best historic tour I have experienced in the freedom trail. Our tour guide, Rada, was knowledgeable, experienced and extremely professional! This is a treasure and I encourage all to experience!

A historic church that is tremendously gorgeous on the inside. The church was founded by the English and explains the many unique traditions at the time which favoured the upper-class. As an example, the upper class got to buy their very own boxes to sit in, representing a tithe to the church. There was a guide in the church who was very polite and informative. A hidden gym and a must recommend!

Worth more than we paid. Hands down. I could rave about the Extended Tour of Kings Chapel forever. Emily was our tour guide back in August 2023. While we didn't book a private tour, they had no other bookings and we were the last tour of the day. that didn't matter though. Emily had so much passion for her job and history that it radiated from her and made you excited to learn. Throughout the tour, Emily told fascinating stories about different individuals who had visited the church, of Bostons history, and of the sites history. She was very kind and courteous. You can tell she works with the public because she was able to read our body language and could tell we were excited about the tour encouraging her excitement to tell the chapels story. The Extended Tour takes you down into the crypt and up into the bell tower. I touched the last bell that Paul Revere ever worked on. I seen pictures from inside Strangers Tomb when they opened it decades ago. I even thought I saw a ghost while we were underground, but alas it was just a massive city rat moving at lightning speed. Quick facts: • The Extended Tour is not suitable for anyone that has difficulties walking as there are a lot of stairs involved and even a ladder at one point. • The crypt is outside and underground therefore it's dark down there so anyone with vision trouble should be aware of this. It's also outside so critters can appear and no it's not a ghost. • This building is nearly 300 years old, please be respectful of the site. • The Guides will not force you to do any portion of the tour that you don't want to. The entire building is very small and the tour is about 45 minutes long (I think) so it is very easy to hang back in the main chapel hall if you don't want to go into the crypt or up to the Bell Tower. If you are visiting Downtown Boston- you need to do this tour. It was one of the best parts of my trip and it was never on my radar from all of my pre-trip research. The only reason I discovered it was because I was walking by the building and seen the doors open so I went inside. Seriously, visit the chapel. Its worth it.

A very interesting historic landmark from 1686 that is worth a visit if in Boston. You can see inside the church which is beautiful inside, as well as get views of the crypt and bell tower. The burial grounds are also right outside. So interesting to see this Unitarian church and the style of the box seats that used to be purchased by English upper class.

Well kept cemetery...tour was very interesting.