Visitor Information Center at Boston Common

Visitor Information Center at Boston Common is a tourism office in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts which is located on Tremont Street. Visitor Information Center at Boston Common is situated nearby to the tourism office Start Boston Freedom Trail, as well as near Tadpole Playground.

Opening hours: 8:30 AM—4:45 PM
Type: Tourism office
Address: 148 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Park Street station and Massachusetts State House.

Park Street station

Railway station

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Park Street station is an MBTA subway station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street at the eastern edge of Boston Common in Downtown Boston. Park Street station is situated 520 feet northeast of Visitor Information Center at Boston Common.

Massachusetts State House

Government building

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The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Massachusetts State House is situated 1,100 feet north of Visitor Information Center at Boston Common.

Brewer Fountain

Fountain

Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.

Brewer Fountain is an 1868 bronze sculpture by Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard. It stands near the corner of Park and Tremont Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, by Park Street Station. Brewer Fountain is situated 350 feet northeast of Visitor Information Center at Boston Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Beacon Hill.

Chinatown

Suburb

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Downtown Boston 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.

Beacon Hill

Suburb

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

Boston

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A city of history and tradition, Boston offers a proud legacy of culture, education, and numerous sporting championships. The "shining city on a hill"s independent spirit has been displayed to the world ever since colonists were angry over a British tax on their beloved tea and dumped shiploads of it into the harbor in protest.

Visitor Information Center at Boston Common

Categories: information, building, and tourism
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35547° or 42° 21′ 20″ north

Longitude

-71.06391° or 71° 3′ 50″ west

Levels

Roof shape

pyramidal

Open location code

87JC9W4P+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 24677646

OpenStreetMap feature

building=service

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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