Frederick Douglass Square
Frederick Douglass Square is a square in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Frederick Douglass Square is situated nearby to Frederick Douglass Peace Garden, as well as near Bessie Bames Garden.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New England Conservatory of Music and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
New England Conservatory of Music
College
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The New England Conservatory of Music is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Hall, and is home to approximately 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 1,500 more in its Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. New England Conservatory of Music is situated 1,600 feet north of Frederick Douglass Square.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum
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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 4,000 feet west of Frederick Douglass Square.
Ruggles station
Railway station
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Ruggles station is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services and is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway–Kenmore, and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet. Ruggles station is situated 1,400 feet west of Frederick Douglass Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederick Douglass Square Historic District and Roxbury.
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Frederick Douglass Square Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Hammond Street, Cabot Street, Windsor Street, and Westminster Street, in the Lower Roxbury area of Boston, Massachusetts.
Roxbury
One of the first towns founded in Massachusetts Bay, Roxbury is located at the geographic center of Boston. Serving as the heart of Black culture in Boston, Roxbury seriously considered seceding from Boston during the late 1980s.
Nubian Square
Neighborhood
Nubian Square is the primary commercial center of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located at the intersection of Dudley Street and Washington Street.
Frederick Douglass Square
- Type: Square
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.33701° or 42° 20′ 13″ northLongitude
-71.08435° or 71° 5′ 4″ westOpen location code
87JC8WP8+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 7753578659OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Frederick Douglass Peace Garden and Bessie Bames Garden.
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