Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial

At 2:35 p.m. on June 17, 1972, fire broke out at the Hotel Vendome at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Also known as: “Vendome Firefighters’ Memorial”
  • Inscription: “Thomas W. Beckwith, Joseph F. Boucher Jr., Charles E. Dolan, John E. Jameson, Richard B. Magee, Paul J. Murphy, and Joseph P. Saniuk, and Lieutenants Thomas J. Carroll and John E. Hanbury Jr.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Copley Square and Copley Society of Art.

Park
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is a public square in Boston's neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.

Art gallery
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The is the oldest non-profit art association in the United States. It was founded in 1879 by the first graduating class of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and continues to play an important role in promoting its member artists and the visual arts in . is situated 560 feet south of Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial.

Library
The Muriel Sutherland at Copley is a public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Its international-themed curriculum was introduced by the school's namesake, Muriel S. is situated 520 feet south of Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.

Suburb
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Historical heavyweights, and Beacon Hill are some of '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.

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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of '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.

Suburb
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is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of , , United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial

Latitude
42.35199° or 42° 21′ 7″ north
Longitude
-71.07782° or 71° 4′ 40″ west
Open location code
87JC9W2C+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 833346864
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q85767383
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Highlights include Lt. Thomas D. Amory Square and Dartmouth Street Mall.

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