Boston Latin School

The Boston Latin School is a magnet Latin grammar in , Massachusetts. It has been in continuous operation since it was established on April 23, 1635, and is one of the oldest existing schools in the United States, the other being in New York City.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: first public school in the United States
  • Also known as: “First Public School Marker” and “Site of the First Public School”
  • Address: 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Museum
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The is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. is situated 590 feet east of Boston Latin School.

Hospital
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Boston Children's Hospital is the main pediatric training and research hospital of , Harvard University. It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in , Massachusetts. is situated 1,200 feet west of Boston Latin School.

College
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is a private Catholic college in , Massachusetts, United States. The college was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as a women's college in 1919. is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Boston Latin School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mission Hill and Fenway-Kenmore.

Suburb
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is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by , and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of .

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The neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district roughly bounded by Hammond Street, Cabot Street, Windsor Street, and Westminster Street, in the Lower Roxbury area of Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston Latin School

Latitude
42.33792° or 42° 20′ 17″ north
Longitude
-71.10119° or 71° 6′ 4″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Operator
Boston Public Schools
Open location code
87JC8VQX+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228877766
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4930994
Wiki­data ID
Q49129
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Boston Latin School” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدرسة بسطن اللاتينية”
  • Armenian: “Բոստոնի լատինական դպրոց”
  • Belarusian: “Бостанская лацінская школа”
  • Catalan: “Boston Latin School”
  • Chinese: “波士頓拉丁學校”
  • Chinese: “波士頓拉丁學院”
  • Chinese: “波士頓拉丁語學校”
  • Chinese: “波士顿拉丁学校”
  • Czech: “Bostonská latinská škola”
  • Dutch: “Boston Latin School”
  • Esperanto: “Boston Latin School”
  • Esperanto: “Bostona Latina Lernejo”
  • French: “Boston Latin School”
  • Galician: “Boston Latin School”
  • Georgian: “ბოსტონის ლათინური სკოლა”
  • German: “Boston Latin School”
  • Greek: “Λατινική Σχολή της Βοστώνης”
  • Hebrew: “בית הספר הלטיני של בוסטון”
  • Hungarian: “Boston Latin School”
  • Italian: “Boston Latin School”
  • Japanese: “ボストン・ラテン・スクール”
  • Korean: “보스턴 라틴 스쿨”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Boston Latin School”
  • Portuguese: “Boston Latin School”
  • Russian: “Бостонская латинская школа”
  • Slovenian: “Boston Latin School”
  • Swedish: “Boston Latin School”
  • Ukrainian: “Бостонська латинська школа”
  • Ukrainian: “Латинська школа Бостона”
  • Vietnamese: “trường Latinh Boston”
  • Welsh: “Ysgol Latin Boston”

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