The famous Belgian giant, Bihin, exhibited himself there.  He was a well-proportioned man, and such was his height that the historian Motley stood under his armpits.  Amherst Eaton was its landlord in the early days of the century.  It was kept of late years by Peter B. Brigham, and was demolished in 1868, in order to widen Hanover street.  The Scots’ Charitable Society frequently held its meetings there.

The Lamb Tavern was built in 1745, and stood on the west side of Washington street, just beyond the corner of West street.  Colonel Doty kept it in 1760, who was succeeded by Edward Kingman in 1826, and by Laban Adams, in whose honor the Adams House was named and opened in 1846.  It was a popular resort of the country members of the Legislature.

The Lion Tavern was built in 1793, and stood just north of the Lamb Tavern, and occupied the site of the building for several years known as the Melodeon.  In 1835 the tavern was converted into the Lion Theatre, which had a short-lived existence.  It was then purchased by the Handel and Haydn Society, and occupied for musical purposes, lectures, and other entertainments.  Rev. Theodore Parker began lecturing there soon after the famous South Boston sermon upon the transient and permanent in Christianity.

The North End Coffee House was built in 1782, and stood on the north-west corner of North and Fleet streets.  It was kept by the grandfather of the Illustrious David D. Porter.

The Bite Tavern was built in 1795, and stood in Faneuil Hall square, a little west of Change avenue.  James M. Stevens was its last landlord.  It was a favorite resort of market-men, and ceased to be a public house about a quarter of a century ago.

Holland’s Coffee House was built in 1800, in Howard street, near Court street.  It was afterwards called the Howard Street House, and kept by William Gallagher, whose tomb “erected by those connected with him by no tie of kindred, who knew, loved, and honored him,” stands on Primrose Path in Mt.  Auburn.  It was afterwards called the Pemberton House.  It was a favorite resort of literary, dramatic, and musical people.  The Scots’ Charitable Society frequently held its meetings there.  It was destroyed by fire in 1854, and the site was occupied for a short time by a wooden circular structure called Father Miller’s Tabernacle, which, in turn, was burnt, when the Howard Athenaeum rose upon its site.

The Eastern Stage House was built in 1806, and upon the site of No. 90 North street.  It was from that spot that the first stage-coach in America started, in 1660, for Portsmouth (N.H.).  It was first kept by Col.  Ephraim Wildes, and afterwards by his son, Moses.  It was built of brick, three stories high, and entered by a flight of steps, and contained sixty rooms.  It was the most extensive stage rendezvous in Boston, accommodating the stages to Portsmouth, Portland, Bangor, and Maine, generally.  The stages entered its spacious court-yard under an arch leading from North street.  After an existence of forty years, it was demolished to make room for commercial improvements.