Implementation of our Master Plan for the Old North Church began with a three-part construction program. Work was performed in the tower entrance vestibule, the lower study room above and in the tombs below the vestry.
Upstairs, within the tower, a former organ pump room and office have been renovated into an archival library with built-in storage and work areas. New lighting, heating and finishes have been installed and the large Palladian windows restored.
Under the church vestry and office, a new Columbarium has been created, thus reestablishing the Old North tradition of in-church burial which had been discontinued for over a century. With 720 niches to receive cremated remains, the Columbarium is located adjacent to two mass graves originally constructed just outside the church’s walls. Access is provided to the church undercroft where marked burial vaults of the 18th and 19th centuries are located.
Photography: Wayne Soverns, Jr.