Denison House
Denison House was a woman-run settlement house in Boston's old South Cove neighborhood. Founded in 1892 by the College Settlements Association, it provided a variety of social and educational services to neighborhood residents, most of whom were immigrants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: settlement house in Boston, Massachusetts, US; co-founded by Vida Dutton Scudder
- Address: MA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tufts Children’s Hospital and Tufts Medical Center.
Tufts Children’s Hospital
Hospital
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Tufts Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts was a downtown Boston pediatric hospital owned by Tufts Medical Center, occupying the space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District, which closed in summer 2022. Tufts Children’s Hospital is situated 410 feet northeast of Denison House.
Tufts Medical Center
Hospital
Tufts Medical Center, a 15-building campus located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a downtown Boston hospital midway between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District. Tufts Medical Center is situated 440 feet northeast of Denison House.
Shubert Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.
The Shubert Theatre is a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, at 263–265 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District. The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980. Shubert Theatre is situated 500 feet north of Denison House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bay Village and Chinatown.
Bay Village
Neighborhood
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Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.
Chinatown
Suburb
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Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.
South Bay Interchange
Locality
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The South Bay Interchange is a massive interchange in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, in the US. The interchange consists of Interstate 90, the Mass Pike Extension, and the Interstate 93 concurrency with US 1 and MA 3 south of the Thomas P.
Denison House
- Category: settlement house
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.34899° or 42° 20′ 56″ northLongitude
-71.06505° or 71° 3′ 54″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87JC8WXM+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 367780118OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Denison House” goes by many names.
- French: “Denison House”
- Spanish: “Denison House”
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