Centennial Common
Centennial Common is a recreation area in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Centennial Common is situated nearby to the community center John D O’Bryant African American Institute, as well as near the railway station Ruggles station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruggles station and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Ruggles station
Railway station
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Ruggles station is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services and is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway–Kenmore, and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is situated 2,400 feet west of Centennial Common.
New England Conservatory of Music
College
Photo: Boston, Public domain.
The New England Conservatory of Music is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Hall, and is home to approximately 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 1,500 more in its Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. New England Conservatory of Music is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Centennial Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederick Douglass Square Historic District and Nubian Square.
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Frederick Douglass Square Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Hammond Street, Cabot Street, Windsor Street, and Westminster Street, in the Lower Roxbury area of Boston, Massachusetts.
Nubian Square
Neighborhood
Nubian Square is the primary commercial center of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located at the intersection of Dudley Street and Washington Street.
Roxbury
One of the first towns founded in Massachusetts Bay, Roxbury is located at the geographic center of Boston. Serving as the heart of Black culture in Boston, Roxbury seriously considered seceding from Boston during the late 1980s.
Centennial Common
- Type: Common land
- Category: recreation area
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.33705° or 42° 20′ 13″ northLongitude
-71.0904° or 71° 5′ 25″ westOpen location code
87JC8WP5+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 475558500OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=common
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include John D O’Bryant African American Institute and Northeastern University Visitor Center.
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