BostonMassachusetts State HouseMassachusetts State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch, begun under governor Samuel Adams with Paul Revere on hand on 4 July 1795, finished in 1798. It was built on land given to the state by John Hancock's estate, on the back of Beacon Hill.
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