Children’s Fountain

Children’s Fountain is a fountain in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Children’s Fountain is situated near the art gallery Copley Art & Framing, as well as near the railway station Prudential station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Prudential station and Mapparium.

Prudential station

Railway station

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Prudential station is an underground light rail station on the MBTA Green Line E branch, located below Huntington Avenue next to the Prudential Center complex near Belvidere Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Prudential station is situated 410 feet east of Children’s Fountain.

Mapparium

Planetarium

The Mapparium is a three-story-tall globe made of stained glass that is viewed from a 30-foot-long bridge through its interior. As of August 2021, it was part of the "How Do You See the World?" exhibit of the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts. Mapparium is situated 900 feet west of Children’s Fountain.

First Church of Christ Scientist

Church

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The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science church. First Church of Christ Scientist is situated 670 feet southwest of Children’s Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay and South End.

Back Bay

Suburb

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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.

South End

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Possessing the largest Victorian row house district in the country, the South End is one of Boston's most popular places. After many homes underwent renovation in the 1960s, upscale restaurants and art galleries sprang up, and the area has attracted a diverse blend of families, young professionals, a gay and lesbian community and a thriving artistic center.

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.

Children’s Fountain

Type: Fountain
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3454° or 42° 20′ 43″ north

Longitude

-71.08285° or 71° 4′ 58″ west

Open location code

87JC8WW8+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 842900251

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Copley Art & Framing and United States Post Office.

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