Fields Corner
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Harrison Square”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fields Corner station and Meeting House Hill.
Fields Corner station
Metro station
Photo: Hutima, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fields Corner station is a rapid transit station on the Ashmont branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line, located in the Fields Corner district of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts.
Meeting House Hill
Peak
Meeting House Hill is one of the oldest sections of Boston's historic Dorchester neighborhood. It is the site of the First Parish Church and the Mather School, the oldest public elementary school in North America.
First Parish Church of Dorchester
Church
Photo: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
First Parish Dorchester is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It was founded by English Puritans who initially saw themselves as reformers rather than separatists, but increasingly intolerable conditions in England and at the urging of Reverend John White of Dorchester, Dorset, they emigrated to New England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Savin Hill and Dorchester.
Savin Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Savin Hill is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, Savin Hill is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.
Dorchester
Photo: ButteBag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
So, you've decided to visit Dorchester. Congratulations! Boston's largest neighborhood had long been written off, dismissed as “too dangerous” by those who had never set foot here.
Neponset
Neighborhood
Photo: Boston City Archives, CC BY 2.0.
Neponset is a district in the southeastern corner of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Neponset Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag.
Fields Corner
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.3001° or 42° 18′ 0″ northLongitude
-71.05783° or 71° 3′ 28″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87JC8W2R+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 158910881OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Fields Corner” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fields Corner”
- Turkish: “Fields Corner”
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