Wheelock College
Wheelock College was a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The college was founded in 1888 as the Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School and was merged into Boston University as part of the university's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development in 2018.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School
- Description: former private college in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Wheelock”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Public building
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 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. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Wheelock College.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hospital
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and one of the founding members of Beth Israel Lahey Health. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Wheelock College.
Fenway station
Railway station
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Fenway station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line D branch, located under Park Drive near the Riverway in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Fenway station is situated 1,100 feet north of Wheelock College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill.
Fenway-Kenmore
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The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.
Mission Hill
Suburb
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Mission Hill is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of Brookline.
Coolidge Corner
Neighborhood
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Coolidge Corner is a neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, centered on the intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street. The neighborhood takes its name from the Coolidge & Brother general store that opened in 1857 at that intersection at the site of today's S.S.
Wheelock College
- Categories: private not-for-profit educational institution and education
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Wheelock College” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليه ويلوك”
- French: “Wheelock College”
- Irish: “Coláiste Wheelock”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویلاک کالجی”
- Swedish: “Wheelock College”
- Urdu: “ویلاک کالج”
- Western Panjabi: “ویلاک کالج”
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