Charles Eliot Memorial

The Charles Eliot Memorial is a memorial commemorating landscape architect Charles Eliot, installed along 's Charles River Esplanade, in the U.S. state of .
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Inscription: “To honor Charles Eliot 1859 - 1897 Landscape Architect He sought out hill forest shore for all to enjoy”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Massachusetts General Hospital and Commissioners Landing.

Hospital
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is a teaching hospital located in the neighborhood of , Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of /Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Charles Eliot Memorial.

Rest area
is a focal point along 's Charles River Esplanade, in the U.S. state of . Designed by Arthur Shurcliff during the 1930s, the landing features a granite wall and approximately 3-foot balustrade, with steps leading to the river. is situated 410 feet south of Charles Eliot Memorial.

Bridge
The Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Boston, Massachusetts that opened on August 31, 2018. The bridge, which crosses Storrow Drive, is named in recognition of the celebrated courtship and marriage of Frances “Fanny” Appleton and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, after whom an is named. is situated 400 feet northeast of Charles Eliot Memorial.

Places in the Area

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

Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and 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.

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
The is a neighborhood of , , United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.

Charles Eliot Memorial

Latitude
42.35949° or 42° 21′ 34″ north
Longitude
-71.07307° or 71° 4′ 23″ west
Inception
1931
Height
8.2 feet (2.5 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W5G+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 834377041
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q75154688
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