On Commonwealth Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2) west of Arlington Street, in the median.
Alexander Hamilton,
Born in the island of
Nevis, West Indies
in January 1757,
died in New York 12 July 1804.
Orator, writer, soldier, jurist, financier. Although his particular province was treasury, his genius pervaded the whole . . . — — Map (db m215027) HM
On Arlington Street at Boylston Street, on the right when traveling south on Arlington Street.
Formerly
Federal Street Church
in which met the
Massachusetts Convention
that ratified the
Constitution
of the
United States
1788 — — Map (db m215040) HM
On Newbury Street at Berkeley Street, on the right when traveling west on Newbury Street.
Central Congregational Church (Church of the Covenant)
has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
The decorative scheme, virtually . . . — — Map (db m178279) HM
On Marlborough Street at Berkeley Street, on the left when traveling west on Marlborough Street.
First house of worship built in State St. AD 1632 • Second house in Cornhill AD 1639 • Burned to ashes • AD 1711 • Rebuilt on same site AD 1712 • Fourt house in Chauncy St AD 1809 • Fifth house on this site AD 1867 — — Map (db m215034) HM
On Commonwealth Avenue at Berkeley Street, in the median on Commonwealth Avenue.
John Glover, of Marblehead, a soldier of the Revolution.
He commanded a regiment of one thousand men raised in that town, known as the Marine Regiment and enlisted to serve through the war; he joined the camp at Cambridge June 22, 1775, and . . . — — Map (db m176355) HM WM
On Boylston Street east of Exeter Street, on the left when traveling east.
We remember Krystle Campbell, age 29, who died from a bomb blast at this site on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon. • All we have lost is brightly lost. — — Map (db m178162) HM
On Boylston Street at Ring Road, on the right when traveling east on Boylston Street.
We remember Martin Richard, age 8, and Lü Lingzi, age 23, who died from a bomb blast at this site on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon • Let us climb, now, the road to hope. — — Map (db m215016) HM
On Beacon Street west of Berkeley Street, on the right when traveling west.
As a young bride living at No. 152 Beacon Street (now demolished), Isabella Stewart Gardner began surrounding herself with art and legend. During 40 years she amassed a fabulous collection of art treasures now housed in her palazzo on the Fenway. . . . — — Map (db m176305) HM
On Boylston Street at Darthmouth Street, on the left when traveling east on Boylston Street.
Preserved and blessed of God for more than two hundred years while worshipping on its original site corner of Washington and Milk Streets whence it was removed to this building in 1875 amid constant proofs of His guidance and loving favour Qui . . . — — Map (db m178188) HM
On Boylston Street west of Dartmouth Street, on the left when traveling east.
Old South Church
in Boston
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Completed in 1875, a fine example of . . . — — Map (db m215018) HM
On Commonwealth Avenue east of Darthmouth Street, in the median.
Born in Ireland and always her lover · American by early training and employ · Upholsterer from 15 to 23 · Harvard Bachelor of Laws at 27 · From 1871 lawyer · 1868-72 Member of the Mass. Legislature · 1883-89 Member of Congress · 1893-97 . . . — — Map (db m176932) HM
On Commonwealth Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2) west of Arlington Street, in the median.
When Dutch Elm Disease ravaged the Mall in the sixties and seventies, a generous Bostonian gave the Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee the means to replace this first important block.
These Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) trees . . . — — Map (db m215030) HM
On Commonwealth Avenue at Fairfield Street, on the left when traveling east on Commonwealth Avenue.
Boston Women’s Memorial
Lucy Stone Born in Brookfield, she was one of the first Massachusetts women to graduate from college. She was an ardent abolitionist, a renowned orator, and the founder of the Woman’s Journal, the foremost . . . — — Map (db m178753) HM
On Massachusetts Avenue north of Beacon Street, on the right when traveling north.
In memoriam to the great Artist
and Past National President who performed
one of his well known escapes from this bridge
on May 1, 1908.
Society of American Magicians
Boston Assembly Number 9
Metropolitan District Commission . . . — — Map (db m178155) HM
Near Storrow Drive west of Fairfield Street, on the right when traveling west.
Esplanade History
Boston's Back Bay, a large tidal flat, was filled in by the 1880s. Today's Esplanade
began as a 10-acre riverfront green space between the Charles River Dam
Road and the Longfellow Bridge that provided outdoor gymnasia . . . — — Map (db m178463) HM
On Piedmont Street south of Arlington Street, on the right when traveling south.
The cornerstone was laid on October 19, 1891 marking the 150th anniversary of the First Corps of Cadets. Designed by William Gibbons Preston, F.A.I.A., and constructed by L.D. Willcutt & Sons, the armory was financed by the citizens of Boston, . . . — — Map (db m215422) HM
On Columbus Avenue (Massachusetts Route 28) south of Stuart Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
The cornerstone was laid on October 19, 1891 marking the 150th anniversary of the First Corps of Cadets. Designed by William Gibbons Preston, F.A.I.A., and constructed by L.D. Willcutt & Sons, the armory was financed by the citizens of Boston, . . . — — Map (db m215423) HM
On Stuart Street east of Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
As part of an exhibition at The Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston, the Brazilian Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo — identical twins known as Os Gemeos — created this mural.
Their imagery draws on dreams as well as their everyday lives, . . . — — Map (db m215421) HM
On Piedmont Street at Shawmut Street, on the left when traveling east on Piedmont Street.
In memory of the more than 490 people who died as a result of the Cocoanut Grove fire on November 28 1942
As a result of this terrible tragedy major changes were made in the fire codes and improvements in the treatment of burn victims not . . . — — Map (db m40673) HM
Near Tremont Street south of West Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Embrace | 2022
Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group
Commissioned by Embrace Boston, the Boston Foundation, and the City of Boston
Sculpture: Patinated bronze
Plaza: Granite with bronze inlay
From the . . . — — Map (db m215094) HM
On Pinckney Street west of Joy Street, on the left when traveling west.
As a little girl Louisa May Alcott lived in rented rooms at 20 Pinckney Street. The Alcott home was part of the Boston literary scene during
the decades before the Civil War. Louisa's father, Bronson Alcott, was an innovative
educator whose . . . — — Map (db m175946) HM
On Chestnut Street just east of Willow Street, on the right when traveling west.
29A Chestnut Street, built about 1800, is thought to be the first house of the Mt. Vernon Proprietors, a development syndicate. It has features typical of the earliest building period: side entrance dating from the time when houses had . . . — — Map (db m215127) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street at Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west on Mt. Vernon Street.
The large brownstone houses at 40-42 Mt. Vernon were the newest fashion on the south slope of Beacon Hill in 1850. They are more than 50 years younger than most of the brick houses here. When new, these brownstones seemed very large. Improved . . . — — Map (db m175934) HM
On Beacon Street east of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling west.
This was Harrison Gray Otis' third house, built in 1806. Like his other two houses, it was designed by Charles Bulfinch. His three mansion, all built within ten years, leave a remarkable architectural record of their times. The first, at 141 . . . — — Map (db m215098) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street west of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
Although we associate the name Charles Bulfinch with much of the architecture on Beacon Hill, he did not design most of the houses here.
Styles similar to his were copied by master
builders and independent housewrights in their
own vernacular, . . . — — Map (db m175940) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street west of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west.
Charles Bulfinch, the foremost architect of his
time, designed this house in 1805 for Stephen
Higginson, Jr. Like No. 85, which Bulfinch built
in 1800 for Harrison Gray Otis, it is not part of
a continuous block. That more economical
pattern . . . — — Map (db m175943) HM
On Charles Street south of Pinckney Street, on the right when traveling south.
94 Charles Street Building Built 1860 Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m176394) HM
On Willow Street just south of Acorn Street, on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m215112) HM
African Meeting House
has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the United States of America
1975
National Park Service
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m177226) HM
On Mount Vernon Street west of Willow Street, on the left when traveling west.
Boston sculptor who maintained a studio for nearly two decades at 92 Mt. Vernon St
See her statues of Samuel Adams in Faneuil Hall Park and "Leif Ericson" on Commonwealth Ave. — — Map (db m175993) HM
On Beacon Street, on the left when traveling east.
To commemorate the arrival on June 12, 1630 of the Frigate Arbella, bringing Governor Winthrop and the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, This tablet placed by the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution — — Map (db m37664) HM
On Beacon Street at Park Street, on the left when traveling east on Beacon Street.
The Walk to the Sea encompasses four centuries
of Boston history. Beginning at the State House on
Beacon Hill, overlooking Boston's ancient Common,
the Walk passes among historic landmarks and
skyscrapers. The Walk crosses ground that, . . . — — Map (db m176177) HM
On Bowdoin Street at Ashburton Place, on the left when traveling north on Bowdoin Street.
Stamp Act passed 17 repealed 1766
Board of customs established 1767
British troops fired on the inhabitants of Boston March 5, 1770
Tea Act Passed 1773
Tea defrayed in Boston December 16
Port of Boston shut and guarded June 1, 1774 . . . — — Map (db m215099) HM WM
On Tremont Street at Park Street, on the left when traveling north on Tremont Street.
In or about the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty and four the then present inhabitants of said Town of Boston of whom the Honble John Winthrop Esqr Govnr of the Colony was chiefe did treate and agree with Mr William Blackstone for . . . — — Map (db m18505) HM
On Beacon Street at Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east on Beacon Street.
For wee must consider that wee shall be as a citty vppon a hill the eies of all people are vppon vs soe that if wee shall deale falseley with our God in this worke we haue vundertaken… wee shall be made a story and a by-word through the world - . . . — — Map (db m215096) HM
On Tremont Street south of West Street, on the right when traveling south.
Crispus Attucks • Samuel Maverick • James Caldwell • Samuel Gray • Patrick Carr
From that moment we may date the severance of the British Empire.
Daniel Webster
On that night the foundation of American Independence was . . . — — Map (db m215093) HM WM
Near Beacon Street at Brimmer Street, on the right when traveling west.
Previously known as the Bull & Finch
Pub, Cheers Beacon Hill's rise to stardom
is a classic "Hollywood” story... only it
happened in Boston!
Three producers were looking to create
a sitcom about a neighborhood bar. One
producer suggested . . . — — Map (db m176876) HM
On Chestnut Street just east of Wadsworth Place, on the right when traveling west.
Master builders and housewrights built many of the houses on Chestnut Street. These vernacular builders, including Cornelius Coolidge, Jesse Shaw and Hezekiah Stoddard, are hardly well-known. But their work gives Chestnut Street its composed 19th . . . — — Map (db m215128) HM
On Boylston Street east of Arlington Street, on the left when traveling east.
Thomas Cass.
Col. Ninth Mass.
Infantry. U.S.V.
Fell at Malvern
Hill Virginia
July First 1862.
Erected by the City of Boston
in memory of the officers
and men of the Ninth Reg.
Mass. Volunteers
Organized May 3 1861
Mustered out . . . — — Map (db m117946) WM
On Boylston Street west of Tremont Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Colonial Theatre opened in 1900 and is considered one of America's most elegant theatres. Designed by architect Clarence Blackhall, its rich history includes many memorable performances and world premieres, among them George Gershwin's "Porgy & . . . — — Map (db m215194) HM
On Tremont Street, on the right when traveling south.
Born in Wexford Ireland 1745 Died in Philadelphia 1803 Received first commission from the Continental Congress to command the Lexington 1775 Sailed from Boston on the Raleigh 1778 Acclaimed in Boston in 1780 for victories on the Alliance Appointed . . . — — Map (db m41561) HM
On Joy Street north of Smith Court, on the right when traveling north.
In 1829 published "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World” decrying American slavery, racial hatred, and summoning his fellow African Americans to resist. Possession of the Appeal was a crime in the South. A bounty was placed on him by . . . — — Map (db m177158) HM
On Derne Street west of Bowdoin Street, on the left when traveling west.
Named to honor William Eaton and the heroic Battle of Derna In 1805 Consul Eaton led a handful of U.S. Marines and a small army of Egyptians across 500 miles of the Libyan Desert to attack the port city of Derna from the land. The city fell, and . . . — — Map (db m176304) HM
On Boylston Street at Charles Street, on the left when traveling east on Boylston Street.
Author, scholar, outstanding citizen of Boston and public benefactor
Acknowledged as the founder of the credit union movement in the United States — — Map (db m176119) HM
On Chestnut Street just west of Willow Street, on the left when traveling west.
[Top plaque:]
Francis Parkman House
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and . . . — — Map (db m215124) HM
Near Arlington Street south of Newbury Street, on the right when traveling north.
Time touches all more gently here,
here where man has said, No:
trees and grass, and flowers will remain,
where the first born sometimes sees
his father's eyes
reflected in the shallow pool,
feels an ancient heart beat
in . . . — — Map (db m215089) WM
On Boylston Street east of Arlington Street, on the left when traveling east.
Champion of liberty and the rights of man.
Erected by the Polish People
of New England to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of his arrival
in America to enlist in the cause
of liberty — — Map (db m117910) WM
On Beacon Street at Joy Street, on the right when traveling west on Beacon Street.
Here lived and died George Francis Parkman 1823-1908 Remembered with enduring gratitude by the City of Boston for his bequest of a fund that secures forever the maintenance and improvement of the Common and other Public Parks — — Map (db m176182) HM
On Beacon Street at Arlington Street, on the left when traveling west on Beacon Street.
A public spirited citizen whose great gift to the City of Boston provided for the creation of works of public utility and beauty for the use and enjoyment of the inhabitants
Cast the bread
upon the waters
for thou shalt find it
after . . . — — Map (db m118004) HM
On Beacon Street west of Bowdoin Street, on the left when traveling east.
To commemorate the beginning of the Grand Army of the Republic in Massachusetts by the organization of William Logan Rodman Post No. 1, October 4, 1866, and the Department of Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic May 17, 1867, this tablet is . . . — — Map (db m215134) HM
On Charles Street at Pinckney Street, on the right when traveling south on Charles Street.
Site of the home of John Albion Andrew War Governor of Massachusetts 1861-1865 Born in Windham Maine 31 May 1818 Died in Boston 30 October 1867 Placed by the City of Boston 1924 — — Map (db m177085) HM
On Joy Street north of Smith Court, on the right when traveling north.
Grand Master, Prince Hall Masons, a founder
of Massachusetts General Colored Association,
member Boston Vigilance Committee, member
Board of Managers, Anti-Slavery Society, trustee
First Independent Baptist Church off Belknap
Street, staunch . . . — — Map (db m177163) HM
On Charles Street south of Revere Street, on the left when traveling south.
African American civil rights leader, editor the
Woman's Era Journal, club woman, convener in
1895 of the first convention of African American
women, member Executive Board Massachusetts
Federation of Women's Clubs, member New
England . . . — — Map (db m177135) HM
On Grove Street south of Phillips Street, on the left when traveling south.
Here lived Leonard A. Grimes, 1815 - 1874. Born of free parents in Virginia. Minister of the Twelfth Baptist Church, 1848 - 1874. Abolitionist, fighter to free fugitive slaves, conductor on the Underground Railroad, redeemer of Anthony Burns, 1854. — — Map (db m215102) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street west of Willow Street, on the right when traveling west.
Louisburg (pronounced Lewisberg) Square is
a private residential park. It was laid out in 1826 by the Mount Vernon Proprietors on pasture land purchased from John Singleton Copley. The homes were built from 1833 to 1847, and the statues of . . . — — Map (db m176192) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street west of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
Margaret Deland 1857-1945 Author who lived at 76 Mt. Vernon St., and wrote the best selling novel, John Ward, Preacher. She was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1926. — — Map (db m175944) HM
On Joy Street north of Smith Court, on the right when traveling north.
Controversial Black Abolitionist.
Essayist, lecturer, religious activist. Her speeches,
published by William Lloyd Garrison, were first
publicly-delivered speeches by an American
woman on politics and women's rights. — — Map (db m177153) HM
Witness for religious freedom. Hanged on Boston Common - 1660. "My life not availeth me in comparison to the liberty of the truth."
Erected by the Art Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the legacy of Zenas Ellis of Fair . . . — — Map (db m20925) HM
On Beacon Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling east on Beacon Street.
[On the front of the monument, part of the relief itself]:
Omnia Relinqvit / Servare Rempvblicam
[Underneath the relief]:
Robert Gould Shaw Colonel of the Fifty Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry
born in Boston 10 . . . — — Map (db m20209) HM
To commemorate
the discovery
that the inhaling of ether
causes insensibility to pain.
First proved to the world
at the
Mass. General Hospital
in Boston
October. A.D MDCCCXLVI
This also cometh forth
from the Lord of hosts . . . — — Map (db m86191) HM
Near Beacon Street east of Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.
A type of the 56,571 mines laid and swept in the mine barrier placed in the North Sea by the United States Navy during the World War, 1917-1919, the greatest achievement of its nature recorded in all naval history and placed here as a tribute to . . . — — Map (db m148926) HM
Near Tremont Street south of Temple Place, on the right when traveling south.
This is the home of the Nova Scotia Tree for Boston. Each year, Nova Scotia gives a tree to thank the people of Boston for their help in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917. Nova Scotians will never forget this act of . . . — — Map (db m215818) HM
On Beacon Street, on the right when traveling west.
On this site stood the home of John Singleton Copley Distinguished historical and portrait painter Born in Boston 1737
Died in London 1815 — — Map (db m81965) HM
Near Beacon Street south of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east.
On this field the Oneida Football Club of Boston, the first organized football club in the United States played against all comers from 1862 to 1865 The Oneida goal was never crossed This monument is placed on Boston Common November 1925 by . . . — — Map (db m176302) HM
On Tremont Street at Hamilton Place, on the right when traveling south on Tremont Street.
Organized February 27, 1809, edifice dedicated January 10, 1810
Handel & Haydn Society of Boston founded 1815
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) church founded 1819
American Missionary Society founded 1826
William Lloyd Garrison's . . . — — Map (db m186284) HM
On Tremont Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling south on Tremont Street.
The first subway in America was designed to solve the center-city problem of traffic jams caused by streetcars. The new subway opened September 1, 1897. It had only two stops: Park Street and Boylston-Public Garden. To the surprise of critics, the . . . — — Map (db m215817) HM
On Charles Street north of Boylston Street, on the right when traveling north.
Pope John Paul II In commemoration of the first mass offered in the United States by His Holiness on his first pastoral visit to this country 1 October 1979 Here on Boston Common during the 350th year of the founding of Boston “May God’s . . . — — Map (db m176934) HM
On Tremont Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling south on Tremont Street.
Boston was the first city to build electric traction for a large-scale rapid transit system. The engineering challenge to design and construct safe, economically viable, and reliable electric power
for Boston’s rapid transit was met by the West . . . — — Map (db m154429) HM
On Joy Street north of Smith Court, on the right when traveling north.
First African American woman to earn a medical degree, 1864, from the New England Female Medical College. She lived at 67 Joy Street in 1869. — — Map (db m177225) HM
On Beacon Street at Spruce Street, on the right when traveling west on Beacon Street.
Born Horncastle Parish Lincolnshire England 5 March 1596
Graduate of Emanuel College England 1621
First settler of Shawmut 1625
Near here stood his dwelling
He removed to Rhode Island 1635
Where he died May 26 - 1675
"The place of his . . . — — Map (db m215097) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street at Willow Street, on the left when traveling west on Mt. Vernon Street.
Robert Lee Frost 1874-1963 America’s “Poet Laureate” and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner lived at 88 Mt. Vernon Street from 1938-1941 while teaching poetry at Harvard University. “The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in . . . — — Map (db m175991) HM
This sculpture has been placed here as a tribute to Robert McCloskey whose story Make Way for Ducklings' has made the Boston Public Garden familiar to children throughout the world 1987 — — Map (db m76654) HM
Near Tremont Street at West Street, on the right when traveling south.
Here the Sons of Liberty assembled here Jesse Lee, Methodist pioneer, preached in 1790.
The landmark of the Common the Elm blew down in 1876. — — Map (db m215820) HM
Near Beacon Street east of Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.
To the men of Boston who died for their country on land and sea in the War which kept the Union whole, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution. The grateful City has built this Monument that their example may speak to coming generations. . . . — — Map (db m37560) HM
On Bowdoin Street at Ashburton Place, on the right when traveling north on Bowdoin Street.
This corner of the City of Boston is dedicated to
William "Billy" Sutton
a fixture in Boston's political landscape. A confidant to politicians both young and old, including a young Congressman named John F. Kennedy, Billy ruled the corridors . . . — — Map (db m215100) HM
On Tremont Street south of Winter Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Cathedral of St. Paul was established as St. Paul's Church in 1818. St. Paul's was the first example of Greek Revival architecture in Boston.
In 1846, Alexander Crummel was ordained a deacon here, making him the third African American . . . — — Map (db m215172) HM
On Beacon Street at Charles Street, on the left when traveling west on Beacon Street.
The Common an Historic Overview In 1634, only four years after John Winthrop and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled the Shawmut Peninsula and created the town of Boston, these colonists bought a 48-acre tract of land on the . . . — — Map (db m176868) HM
On Tremont Street at Park Street, on the left when traveling north on Tremont Street.
The Common an Historic Overview In 1634, only four years after John Winthrop and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled the Shawmut Peninsula and created the town of Boston, these colonists bought a 48-acre tract of land on the . . . — — Map (db m191834) HM
On Mt. Vernon Street west of Joy Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Historic Beacon Hill District has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m176189) HM
On Phillips Street east of Lindall Court, on the right when traveling west.
A free Black man, physician, dentist, lawyer and abolitionist distinguished for his professional and civic contributions to the Boston community — — Map (db m215105) HM
On Tremont Street, on the right when traveling south.
This mall is named in honor of Marquis de Lafayette
distinguished French soldier
Major-General in the War of American Independence
and illustrious patriot of the French Revolution
who nobly served the cause of liberty on two . . . — — Map (db m73212) HM
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