THE GREAT LEGAL HISTORY OF BOSTON (cont.)

31. Old Granary Burying Ground The Old Granary Burying Ground, set aside from the Common in 1660, displays headstones, some of which are 300 years old. Buried here are 18th-century notables James Otis and three signers of the Declaration of Independence -- John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Robert Treat Paine -- as well as Benjamin Franklin's Bostonian parents. 32. Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School is located at the corner of Tremont and Bromfield Streets. Dedicated in 1999, the building's classical architecture and seven floors of leading-edge facilities make David J. Sargent Hall a superior setting for learning, study and collaboration.   33. Oliver Wendell Holmes Oliver Wendell Holmes, son of the poet and essayist, was christened in King's Chapel and spent his early years within sight of the State House at 8 Montgomery Place, once opposite the Granary but no longer standing. Holmes practiced law in Boston and taught at Harvard, served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and enjoyed a long and distinguished career as the great dissenter on the U.S. Supreme Court. His monumental book, The Common Law, was an outgrowth of lectures given at the Lowell Institute. Justice Holmes is the most quoted and written-about justice in the history of this country. [Edward Bander's Justice Holmes Ex Cathedra (reprinted 1991) includes a supplement of 45 pages of books and articles about him.]   34. The Omni Parker House The Omni Parker House hotel once served its famous Parker House rolls to such eminent jurists as Holmes and Brandeis. Now refurbished to capture its former grandeur, the restaurant is still a gathering place for legal professionals. 35. King's Chapel King's Chapel was founded in 1686 as the First Church of England in Boston. Its original wooden structure was built on a corner of the town's earliest burying ground. In 1750, it was replaced by the present classical edifice, designed by Peter Harrison, and after the Revolution, it became the first Unitarian Church in the nation. During those years in which the reminder of royalty was anathema to Boston, it was known as the Stone Chapel. A plaque affixed to the gate of King's Chapel burying ground lists judges who lie buried there.