Roxbury High Fort

Roxbury High Fort is a historic fort site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include William Lloyd Garrison House and Fort Hill.

Historic house
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The , also known as Rockledge, is a National Historic Landmark house, located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, Massachusetts. is situated 360 feet northeast of Roxbury High Fort.

Tower
is a 0.4 square mile neighborhood and historic district of , in , . The approximate boundaries of are Malcolm X Boulevard on the north, Washington Street on the southeast, and Columbus Avenue on the southwest.

Historic house
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The is an historic house in the highlands of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival mansion was built in 1836 for Alvah Kittredge, a leading real estate developer of the time. is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Roxbury High Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxbury and Nubian Square.

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One of the first towns founded in Massachusetts Bay, is located at the geographic center of . Serving as the heart of Black culture in Boston, seriously considered seceding from Boston during the late 1980s.

Neighborhood
is the primary commercial center of the Roxbury neighborhood of , Massachusetts, located at the intersection of Dudley Street and Washington Street.

Suburb
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is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by , and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of .

Roxbury High Fort

Latitude
42.32536° or 42° 19′ 31″ north
Longitude
-71.09479° or 71° 5′ 41″ west
Open location code
87JC8WG4+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 477473184
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7372416
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Highland Park, Roxbury and Emmanuel College Notre Dame Campus.

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