Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

Fort Hill

Fort Hill is a 0.4 square mile neighborhood and historic district of , in , . The approximate boundaries of Fort Hill are Malcolm X Boulevard on the north, Washington Street on the southeast, and Columbus Avenue on the southwest.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: neighborhood and historic district
  • Also known as: “Cohituate Standpipe”, “Fort Hill Tower”, “Fort Hill, Boston”, and “Roxbury Highlands Historic District”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roxbury High Fort and William Lloyd Garrison House.

Historic site
is a historic fort site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869.

Historic house
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Rockledge, is a National Historic Landmark house, located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, Massachusetts. is situated 340 feet northeast of Fort Hill.

Historic house
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The is an historic house in the highlands of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival mansion was built in 1836 for Alvah Kittredge, a leading real estate developer of the time. is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Fort Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nubian Square and Roxbury.

Neighborhood
is the primary commercial center of the Roxbury neighborhood of , Massachusetts, located at the intersection of Dudley Street and Washington Street.

Photo: Bev Sykes, CC BY 2.0.
One of the first towns founded in Massachusetts Bay, is located at the geographic center of . Serving as the heart of Black culture in Boston, seriously considered seceding from Boston during the late 1980s.

Suburb
Photo: MurderWatcher1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by , and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of .

Fort Hill

Latitude
42.32528° or 42° 19′ 31″ north
Longitude
-71.09463° or 71° 5′ 41″ west
Inception
1869
Open location code
87JC8WG4+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4708209077
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q7372419
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Highland Park, Roxbury and Emmanuel College Notre Dame Campus.

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