Beacon Hill in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Acorn Street
In the early 19th century, many well-to-do families built row houses between and on the sites of once spacious estates. Servants and tradesmen, who found jobs within the wealthy houses, lived conveniently nearby, often, according to local folklore, on Acorn Street in these smaller versions of Chestnut Street houses.
Nearby Branch Street, known as Kitchen Street in the early decades of the 1800s, contained kitchens adjacent to the rear of Beacon and Chestnut Street homes.
Erected by Boston 200. (Marker Number BH19.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce.
Location. 42° 21.461′ N, 71° 4.106′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Beacon Hill. It is on Willow Street just south of Acorn Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Willow St, Boston MA 02108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Robert Lee Frost (within shouting distance of this marker); Anne Whitney (within shouting distance of this marker); Louisburg Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Francis Parkman House
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