The Old State House, implicit in 1713 on the site of the 1st Town House, is the ancient surviving public building in Boston. The building filled in as a gathering place for the trading of monetary and nearby news and was supposed to be the focal point of legislative issues in the provinces. The Declaration of Independence was perused from the overhang on the east side of the structure, and just underneath it is where the Boston Massacre occurred. The Old State House is quite possibly the main public structures in the U.S.