Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

Pierce House

The Pierce House is a rare 17th-century house at 24 Oakton Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Built c. 1683, It documents period building practices, and the tastes and housing needs of one family, the Pierces, over more than three centuries.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
  • Address: 24 Oakton Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02122

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thomas J. Kenny School and Dorchester Shores Reservation.

School
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Recreation area
has been used as a common name for several non-contiguous recreation areas along the extended mouth of the at the seaboard edge of the section of , , United States. is situated 2,400 feet east of Pierce House.

Building
The , - was founded by Mother Teresa Eva Potocka in , Poland on November 1, 1862. This was the first "Mercy House". The order uses the abbreviation O.L.M. is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Pierce House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neponset and Ashmont.

Neighborhood
Photo: Boston City Archives, CC BY 2.0.
is a district in the southeastern corner of , , United States. The Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag.

Neighborhood
is a section of the neighborhood of , . It includes the subsections of Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.

Neighborhood
is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.

Pierce House

Latitude
42.28689° or 42° 17′ 13″ north
Longitude
-71.05335° or 71° 3′ 12″ west
Open location code
87JC7WPW+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29528014
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7191803
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Adams Street Branch Library and First Baptist Church in Dorchester.

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