Although the authentic King's Chapel— a small timber shape—became constructed inside the 1680s, the existing one changed into designed by using America's first architect, Peter Harrison, in 1754. The church became built on a plot of land excised from the cemetery next door after a decree from King James II (restive Bostonians have been reluctant to comply together with his order that land be offered at a truthful price so a church can be founded to foist Anglicanism at the colonies, so the cemetery land was the handiest alternative). The burial ground is the town's oldest; eminent Bostonians who've determined their final resting location here consist of Mary Chilton, the first girl to step off the Mayflower; John Winthrop, former governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and Elizabeth Pain, said to be the model for the persecuted Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. King’s Chapel Burying Ground, placed behind the church, and accessed thru an entrance on Tremont Street, is the oldest burying floor in Boston right. It pre-dates King’s Chapel and, regardless of its name, isn't affiliated with the church. The burying ground remains assets of the City of Boston.