Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
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.Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include New England Conservatory of Music and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
New England Conservatory of Music
College
Photo: Boston, Public domain.
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.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum
Photo: Biruitorul, Public domain.
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.
Ruggles station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxbury and Nubian Square.
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.
South End
Possessing the largest Victorian row house district in the country, the South End is one of Boston's most popular places. After many homes underwent renovation in the 1960s, upscale restaurants and art galleries sprang up, and the area has attracted a diverse blend of families, young professionals, a gay and lesbian community and a thriving artistic center.
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.33614° or 42° 20′ 10″ northLongitude
-71.08379° or 71° 5′ 2″ westOpen location code
87JC8WP8+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7754182866OpenStreetMap feature
historic=neighbourhoodOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5497676
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