The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when ...

Constructed in 1723, Old North Church is the oldest surviving church building in Boston. Painted by a member of the ...

The angels were painted in the early 18th century but painted over in 1912 as part of a renovation of the Old North Church.

Mural conservators are working to uncover angels hidden under layers of paint for more than a century at the Boston church ...

These angels are getting their wings — again. Mural conservators in Boston are working to uncover 20 angels hidden for more ...

BOSTON (AP) — Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, murals conservator Gianfranco Pocobene is working to uncover eight angels that were hidden under layers of paint for ...

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