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Statue of Charles Sumner

The statue of Charles Sumner in 's Public Garden is a bronze statue by Thomas Ball, commissioned by the Boston Art Committee to honor Sumner after his death in 1874. The statue was dedicated in 1878.
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Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: Statue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Also known as: “Charles Sumner” and “Charles Sumner statue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boston Public Garden and Arlington station.

Park
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.
The Public Garden, also known as , is a large park in the of , , adjacent to . It is a part of the system of parks and is bounded by and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and to the north, Arlington Street and to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.

Railway station
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is an underground light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line located at the southwest corner of the Boston Public Garden at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets at the east end of the neighborhood of , Massachusetts. is situated 460 feet southwest of Statue of Charles Sumner.

Photo: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are a fleet of pontoon pleasure boats which operate in a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, . The have been in operation since 1877, and have since become a cultural icon for the city. is situated 600 feet north of Statue of Charles Sumner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay-Beacon Hill and Bay Village.

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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of '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.

Neighborhood
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is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of , , United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Suburb
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Downtown 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.

Statue of Charles Sumner

Latitude
42.35241° or 42° 21′ 9″ north
Longitude
-71.06983° or 71° 4′ 11″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W2J+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4074813882
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Geo­Names ID
12402355
Wiki­data ID
Q85803311
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In Other Languages

“Statue of Charles Sumner” goes by many names.
  • Turkish: “Charles Sumner Heykeli”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Statue of Charles Sumner”. Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.