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Sod Couple
Now turn around (not much choice is there?) and head straight
down the long path towards the 18-ft tall Hancock memorial.
About
ten feet before the Hancock memorial take a gander to your right
and you will see a white headstone that is locked in a permanent
“tree hug” or as one guide confusingly puts it, “tree growing out
of stone.” Interestingly enough the “bond” developed after the
headstone had been fortified with the concrete shell.
The headstone is that of Adino Bulfinch, first generation
patriarch of the accomplished Bulfinch clan. The most famous
Bulfinch was Charles Bulfinch, a gentleman architect responsible
for single-handedly designing Boston from 1787 to 1818 and
perfecting his primary style that is now known as federalist
architecture. His masterpiece, the 1798 Massachusetts State House,
led to an appointment as chief architect of the US Capitol
building in Washington, DC.
By the way - the name Bulfinch may have sounded familiar.
The bar
that inspired the classic sitcom Cheers! was for years named
The
Bull & Finch but has since legally been changed to
Cheers!
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