Gibson House Museum
The Gibson House Museum is a historic house museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It preserves the 1860 Victorian rowhouse occupied by three generations of the Gibson family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: info@thegibsonhouse.org
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Gibson House”
- Address: 137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boston Public Garden and First Church in Boston.
Boston Public Garden
Park
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The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common. It is a part of the Emerald Necklace system of parks and is bounded by Charles Street and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and Beacon Hill to the north, Arlington Street and Back Bay to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.
First Church in Boston
Place of worship
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First Church in Boston is a Unitarian Universalist Church founded in 1630 by John Winthrop's original Puritan settlement in Boston, Massachusetts. The current building, located in the Back Bay neighborhood, was designed by Paul Rudolph in a modernist style after a fire in 1968. First Church in Boston is situated 430 feet southwest of Gibson House Museum.
Arthur Fiedler Footbridge
Bridge
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The Arthur Fiedler Footbridge is a wheelchair accessible footbridge named after Arthur Fiedler in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The bridge was built in 1953, in brutalist style, and dedicated in 1954 to honor 25 years of concerts by the Boston Pops Orchestra at the Esplanade. Arthur Fiedler Footbridge is situated 480 feet north of Gibson House Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay-Beacon Hill and Back Bay.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Back Bay
Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Gibson House Museum
- Categories: historic house museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35474° or 42° 21′ 17″ northLongitude
-71.07412° or 71° 4′ 27″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Gibson Society, Inc.Open location code
87JC9W3G+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 367780089OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4937732Wikidata ID
Q5559351
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Gibson House Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉布森故居博物館”
- Chinese: “吉布森故居博物馆”
- French: “Gibson House Museum”
- German: “Gibson House Museum”
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