Frederick Ayer Mansion
The Frederick Ayer Mansion is a National Historic Landmark on 395 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The mansion was the home of Frederick Ayer, owner of the American Woolen Company, and features well preserved design work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Email: ayermansion@gmail.com
- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Ayer Mansion”
- Address: 395 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Photo: John Stephen Dwyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Charlesgate Hotel and Hynes Convention Center station.
Charlesgate Hotel
Historic building
Charlesgate Hotel is a historic building, which is situated 340 feet northwest of Frederick Ayer Mansion.
Hynes Convention Center station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hynes Convention Center station is an underground light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line. It is located at the intersection of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue near the western end of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Hynes Convention Center station is situated 980 feet southeast of Frederick Ayer Mansion.
Berklee College of Music
Bookstore
Photo: Jhillis, Public domain.
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Berklee College of Music is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Frederick Ayer Mansion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenway-Kenmore and Back Bay.
Fenway-Kenmore
Photo: kenji ross, CC BY 2.0.
The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.
Back Bay
Suburb
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.
Kendall Square
Locality
Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.
Frederick Ayer Mansion
- Categories: building, historic site, manor estate, and residential building
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.34951° or 42° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
-71.09031° or 71° 5′ 25″ westInception
1902Operator
Campaign for the Ayer Mansion, Inc.Open location code
87JC8WX5+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 405395068OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=manorWikidata ID
Q5497305
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Frederick Ayer Mansion” goes by many names.
- French: “Frederick Ayer Mansion”
- German: “Frederick Ayer Mansion”
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