Massachusetts
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William Monroe Trotter House

The William Monroe Trotter House is a historic house at 97 Sawyer Avenue, atop Jones Hill in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. It was the home of African-American journalist and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: Boston landmark
  • Address: 97 Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02125
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and Edward Everett School.

Place of worship
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church, noted for its historic church at 14–16 Cushing Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. is situated 1,200 feet north of William Monroe Trotter House.

School
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is situated 810 feet east of William Monroe Trotter House.

Museum
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The is the oldest surviving house in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The house was built in 1661 and the date was confirmed by dendrochronology in 2007. is situated 2,500 feet north of William Monroe Trotter House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Savin Hill and Uphams Corner.

Neighborhood
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is a section of , the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, . Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.

Neighborhood
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, or Upham's Corner, is a commercial center in , the largest neighborhood of , . The intersection of Dudley Street/Stoughton Street and Columbia Road is the heart of , and one of Dorchester's main business districts.

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

William Monroe Trotter House

Latitude
42.31302° or 42° 18′ 47″ north
Longitude
-71.06278° or 71° 3′ 46″ west
Levels
2
Open location code
87JC8W7P+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29649658
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­house
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Wiki­data ID
Q8015733
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