Armory of the First Corps of Cadets
The Armory of the First Corps of Cadets is a historic armory at 97–105 Arlington Street and 130 Columbus Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Over the years it has been known as Park Plaza Castle, Castle at Park Plaza, and The Tower.Photo: tomtheman5, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arlington station and Copley Square.
Arlington station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arlington station is an underground light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line located at the southwest corner of the Boston Public Garden at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets at the east end of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Arlington station is situated 840 feet northwest of Armory of the First Corps of Cadets.
Copley Square
Park
Photo: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Copley Square is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.
Boston Public Garden
Park
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common. It is a part of the Emerald Necklace system of parks and is bounded by Charles Street and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and Beacon Hill to the north, Arlington Street and Back Bay to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bay Village and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.
Bay Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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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.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: HouseOfScandal, Public domain.
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.
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets
- Type: Building
- Description: United States historic place
- Category: arsenal
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.34956° or 42° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
-71.07023° or 71° 4′ 13″ westOpen location code
87JC8WXH+RWOpenStreetMap ID
way 29650728OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4793764
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